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RNS Number : 9890G

Ashtead Group PLC

11 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:                                            11 August 2016 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   17,727 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1200.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1189.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1195.3306 pence 

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 52,003,816 Shares in Treasury.

The Company has 501,321,738 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:          11 August 2016 
   Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue            Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                               pence 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 BATS Europe                    1196.0000                 289 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Chi-X Europe                   1199.4570               1,650 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Turquoise                      1193.3750              10,252 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange          1197.6873               5,536 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares purchased   Transaction price    Time of transaction       Trading venue 
                               (pence per share) 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         11                12.00        08:00:26         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        135                12.00        08:00:40         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        991                11.91        08:05:46         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        289                11.95        08:11:18         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        297                11.95        08:12:49         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        769                11.94        08:13:11         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        329                11.94        08:13:11         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                       1002                11.93        08:14:07         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        289                11.93        08:14:07         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        289                11.93        08:14:07         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        100                11.92        08:14:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        100                11.92        08:14:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        120                11.92        08:14:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        289                11.92        08:14:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        509                11.89        08:20:30         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        289                11.89        08:21:03         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        437                11.90        08:29:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        313                11.90        08:29:34         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        332                11.90        08:29:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        415                11.90        08:29:34         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        168                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         59                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        352                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        221                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        200                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        144                11.92        08:32:19         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        270                11.92        08:32:19         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        292                11.92        08:32:55         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        100                11.94        08:42:58         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        189                11.94        08:42:58         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        106                11.96        08:46:12         BATS Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        183                11.96        08:46:12         BATS Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        113                11.96        08:48:49         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        176                11.96        08:48:49         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        313                11.96        08:48:49         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        326                11.98        08:50:37         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        351                11.98        08:52:16         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        800                11.98        08:55:56         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        200                11.98        08:55:56         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        237                12.00        09:29:49         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        206                12.00        09:29:49         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        777                12.00        09:30:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        312                12.00        09:30:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        162                12.00        09:30:00         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         47                12.00        09:30:00         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        500                12.00        09:30:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         93                12.00        09:30:00         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        249                11.99        09:37:16         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        341                11.99        09:37:16         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        119                11.99        09:37:16         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        465                12.00        09:44:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        347                12.00        09:44:17         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        355                12.00        09:44:17         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        318                11.99        09:45:02         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        717                11.99        09:56:10         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        578                11.99        09:56:10         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         36                11.99        09:56:10         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
 

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