Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ashtead Group plc

25 March 2014

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                          Share purchase by Director                           

Ashtead Group plc announces that on the 13 February 2014 Ian Sutcliffe,
director, reinvested his share dividend and purchased ordinary 10p shares in
the Company as follows:

     No of 10p        Purchase price      Total number of   
                                            Shares held     
  Ordinary Shares                                           
                                                            
     purchased                                              
                                                            
        32                 815p                11,959       


Contact:

Eric Watkins 020 7726 9700