Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ashtead Group plc

13 February 2015

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                          Share purchase by Director                           

Ashtead Group plc announces that on the 11 February 2015 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   
  Ordinary Shares                           Shares held     
     purchased                                              
                                                            
        32                 1089p               12,100       


Contact:

Eric Watkins 020 7726 9700