TIDMAHT

RNS Number : 9960M

Ashtead Group PLC

19 October 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 7 September 2016, 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:                                         19 October 2016 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1328.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1311.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1323.34 pence 

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,924,842 Shares in Treasury.

The Company has 499,400,712 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 Jefferies 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:          19 October 2016 
   Investment firm:             Jefferies International 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue               Volume-weighted      Aggregated volume 
                           average price, pence 
-----------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange           1323.34               25,000 
-----------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares    Transaction    Time of transaction       Trading venue 
     purchased       price (pence 
                      per share) 
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       101              1315             08:02:40         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1314             08:04:59         London Stock Exchange 
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       103              1311             08:07:19         London Stock Exchange 
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       175              1312             08:11:22         London Stock Exchange 
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       176              1316             08:15:50         London Stock Exchange 
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        11              1319             08:18:41         London Stock Exchange 
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       127              1319             08:18:41         London Stock Exchange 
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       138              1315             08:20:44         London Stock Exchange 
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       134              1317             08:24:55         London Stock Exchange 
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       107              1319             08:27:18         London Stock Exchange 
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       107              1319             08:29:19         London Stock Exchange 
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       133              1318             08:31:33         London Stock Exchange 
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       165              1321             08:34:52         London Stock Exchange 
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       113              1321             08:37:49         London Stock Exchange 
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       124              1323             08:39:44         London Stock Exchange 
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       133              1324             08:42:27         London Stock Exchange 
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       119              1323             08:45:42         London Stock Exchange 
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       109              1323             08:48:22         London Stock Exchange 
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       143              1322             08:50:24         London Stock Exchange 
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       115              1323             08:53:59         London Stock Exchange 
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       142              1324             08:56:25         London Stock Exchange 
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       148              1323             08:58:45         London Stock Exchange 
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       128              1321             09:02:40         London Stock Exchange 
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        17              1324             09:05:50         London Stock Exchange 
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       195              1324             09:05:50         London Stock Exchange 
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       124              1327             09:08:48         London Stock Exchange 
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        97              1327             09:12:54         London Stock Exchange 
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       110              1326             09:13:05         London Stock Exchange 
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       106              1325             09:18:28         London Stock Exchange 
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       104              1325             09:21:01         London Stock Exchange 
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       131              1323             09:23:40         London Stock Exchange 
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       137              1323             09:25:41         London Stock Exchange 
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       129              1323             09:28:25         London Stock Exchange 
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       164              1321             09:32:00         London Stock Exchange 
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        24              1321             09:34:29         London Stock Exchange 
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       180              1323             10:07:10         London Stock Exchange 
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       100              1323             10:12:20         London Stock Exchange 
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       215              1325             10:15:36         London Stock Exchange 
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        3               1326             10:23:23         London Stock Exchange 
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       162              1325             10:24:30         London Stock Exchange 
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       100              1325             10:26:10         London Stock Exchange 
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       125              1325             10:28:41         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1323             10:31:07         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1321             10:35:44         London Stock Exchange 
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       144              1324             10:44:24         London Stock Exchange 
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       108              1324             10:46:26         London Stock Exchange 
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       102              1324             10:48:55         London Stock Exchange 
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       120              1324             10:52:40         London Stock Exchange 
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        91              1325             10:57:22         London Stock Exchange 
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       132              1325             10:59:43         London Stock Exchange 
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       112              1325             11:03:02         London Stock Exchange 
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       120              1325             11:05:25         London Stock Exchange 
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       109              1324             11:11:17         London Stock Exchange 
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        94              1324             11:14:19         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1324             11:17:36         London Stock Exchange 
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        2               1324             11:21:37         London Stock Exchange 
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       163              1324             11:21:37         London Stock Exchange 
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       104              1324             11:26:28         London Stock Exchange 
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       116              1323             11:27:58         London Stock Exchange 
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       100              1323             11:39:46         London Stock Exchange 
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       114              1323             12:16:47         London Stock Exchange 
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       110              1322             12:22:57         London Stock Exchange 
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       168              1322             12:27:30         London Stock Exchange 
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       152              1322             12:35:38         London Stock Exchange 
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       222              1324             12:46:04         London Stock Exchange 
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       198              1323             12:46:23         London Stock Exchange 
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       119              1323             12:53:08         London Stock Exchange 
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       103              1324             12:55:30         London Stock Exchange 
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        39              1324             13:00:09         London Stock Exchange 
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        17              1324             13:00:09         London Stock Exchange 
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        48              1324             13:00:09         London Stock Exchange 
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        75              1325             13:02:21         London Stock Exchange 
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       115              1325             13:02:21         London Stock Exchange 
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       154              1325             13:05:12         London Stock Exchange 
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        81              1325             13:08:50         London Stock Exchange 
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        34              1325             13:08:50         London Stock Exchange 
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        21              1325             13:12:08         London Stock Exchange 
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       100              1325             13:12:08         London Stock Exchange 
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        14              1324             13:16:22         London Stock Exchange 
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       103              1324             13:16:22         London Stock Exchange 
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       113              1324             13:19:38         London Stock Exchange 
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       112              1325             13:27:50         London Stock Exchange 
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       179              1325             13:28:42         London Stock Exchange 
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       109              1325             13:31:13         London Stock Exchange 
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       108              1325             13:41:36         London Stock Exchange 
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       120              1325             13:41:36         London Stock Exchange 
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       156              1325             13:43:38         London Stock Exchange 
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        75              1325             13:48:02         London Stock Exchange 
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        27              1325             13:48:02         London Stock Exchange 
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        76              1325             13:50:14         London Stock Exchange 
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        30              1325             13:50:14         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1325             13:58:27         London Stock Exchange 
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       170              1326             14:03:15         London Stock Exchange 
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       105              1325             14:06:20         London Stock Exchange 
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       139              1326             14:09:55         London Stock Exchange 
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       114              1325             14:36:27         London Stock Exchange 
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       139              1323             14:38:35         London Stock Exchange 
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       141              1321             14:40:51         London Stock Exchange 
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       112              1321             14:47:20         London Stock Exchange 
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       119              1321             14:49:25         London Stock Exchange 
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       113              1319             14:55:36         London Stock Exchange 
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       138              1319             14:55:36         London Stock Exchange 
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       102              1318             14:56:27         London Stock Exchange 
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       122              1318             14:58:49         London Stock Exchange 
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       135              1317             14:59:59         London Stock Exchange 
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       118              1318             15:16:27         London Stock Exchange 
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