TIDMAHT

RNS Number : 7263G

Ashtead Group PLC

09 August 2016

Transaction in Own Shares

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 2 September 2015, the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme initially announced on 14 June 2016:

   Date of purchase:                                            09 August 2016 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   45,392 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1200.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1191.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1197.2377 pence 

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 51,951,989 Shares in Treasury.

The Company has 501,373,565 Shares in issue (excluding Shares held in Treasury).This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Barclays on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

For further information, please contact:

Ashtead Group plc

Will Shaw, Director of Investor Relations, +44 (0)20 7726 9700

Schedule of Purchases

   Shares purchased:           Ashtead Group PLC (ISIN CODE: GB000536739) 
   Date of purchases:          09 August 2016 
   Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue            Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                               pence 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 BATS Europe                    1197.6104               6,825 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Chi-X Europe                   1197.3385               2,691 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Turquoise                      1195.8454               4,283 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange          1197.3374              31,593 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
     Number of       Transaction   Time of transaction   Trading venue 
  shares purchased      price 
                      (pence per 
                        share) 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               117         12.00        08:01:01          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1120         11.99        08:02:03          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               289         12.00        12:04:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               632         11.99        12:04:13         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               108         11.99        12:04:16         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1121         11.99        12:04:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               134         11.99        12:04:17         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               361         11.99        12:04:17         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               994         11.98        12:04:21          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               174         11.98        12:04:21          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               302         11.99        12:05:08          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               951         12.00        12:06:55          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               147         12.00        12:06:55          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               676         12.00        12:06:55          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               442         12.00        12:07:50         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               402         12.00        12:07:50         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               290         12.00        12:08:57          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               731         12.00        12:08:57          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1199         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                45         12.00        12:11:17         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               500         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               314         11.99        12:11:17         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               602         11.99        12:11:17         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               120         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               417         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               979         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               344         12.00        12:11:17         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               341         12.00        12:11:17          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1155         11.99        12:11:18          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               663         11.99        12:11:19          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               301         11.99        12:11:19          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1163         11.99        12:11:19          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               507         11.99        12:11:19          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               260         11.99        12:11:19         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               166         11.99        12:11:19         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               468         11.99        12:14:25          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                83         11.99        12:22:55          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               431         11.99        12:22:55          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1113         11.97        12:28:01          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               308         11.97        12:28:01          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               435         11.98        12:33:45         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               734         11.98        12:33:48          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               289         11.98        12:33:48          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               320         11.97        12:33:49          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               333         11.97        12:42:11         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               855         11.97        12:42:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               283         11.97        12:42:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               260         11.97        12:42:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                24         11.97        12:42:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               377         11.97        12:42:12         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               545         11.97        12:42:12         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               381         11.97        12:42:12          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               289         11.97        12:46:37          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               501         11.96        12:46:41          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               393         11.96        12:46:41          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               441         11.96        12:46:45         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                12         11.97        12:49:06          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               301         11.97        12:49:06          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               491         11.96        12:53:03         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               532         11.96        12:53:03          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               313         11.96        12:53:03         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               390         11.91        12:53:50          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               209         11.91        12:54:27         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               524         11.92        12:54:27          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               347         11.96        13:02:15          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               260         11.96        13:02:16         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                64         11.96        13:02:16         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                 6         11.96        13:02:16          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                64         11.96        13:04:08         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               225         11.96        13:04:08         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               370         11.95        13:05:30          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               441         11.95        13:07:28          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               740         11.94        13:07:44          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               667         11.94        13:08:41          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               300         11.95        13:09:33          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               355         11.95        13:09:33          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               290         11.95        13:13:29         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               372         11.95        13:13:29          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              1046         11.95        13:17:52          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               490         11.95        13:17:52          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               296         11.95        13:17:52         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               354         11.95        13:17:52          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               276         11.95        13:17:52          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               289         11.95        13:31:07         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                58         11.95        13:32:29          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               504         11.95        13:32:29          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               255         11.95        13:39:13         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                86         11.95        13:39:13         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               289         11.95        13:40:52          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               321         11.95        13:42:59          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               558         11.95        13:46:34         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               692         11.95        13:46:34         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               607         11.95        13:46:34          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               638         11.94        13:54:33         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               610         11.94        13:54:33         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               580         11.94        13:54:33          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               722         11.94        13:54:33          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               334         11.96        14:11:01         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               138         11.96        14:11:01         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                98         11.96        14:11:36         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                29         11.97        14:12:23         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               139         11.97        14:12:23         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                73         11.97        14:12:23         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               180         11.97        14:12:23         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               216         11.98        14:16:21         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               276         11.98        14:16:21         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               215         11.99        14:21:57         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               180         11.99        14:21:57         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               351         12.00        14:25:10         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                 8         12.00        14:25:40         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               281         12.00        14:25:40         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 

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