Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ashtead Group plc

12 October 2015

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Ashtead Group plc (the “Company”) announces that the awards made to its executive directors in September 2012 under the Company’s Performance Share Plan vested on 9 October.

As a result of vesting each director received the following number of shares:

Geoff Drabble                   216,680

Sat Dhaiwal                        67,012

Brendan Horgan               84,491

Suzanne Wood                  84,491

The directors sold these shares, which were granted in 2012 as part of the annual Performance Share Plan, on 9 October at 1045p per share.  The directors’ total shareholdings remain unchanged as a result of this event:

	Number of shares	Percentage of issued share capital	Shares held as a % of base salary
Geoff Drabble	1,303,297	0.26	2,043%
Sat Dhaiwal	398,375	0.08	1,665%
Brendan Horgan	493,874	0.10	1,368%
Suzanne Wood	208,805	0.04	589%

In calculating shareholding as a percentage of salary, the share price and sterling/dollar exchange rate as at close of business on 9 October 2015 and the directors’ salaries as at 1 May 2015 have been used.

Enquiries:         

Ashtead Group plc

Eric Watkins:                     020 7726 9700

Maitland

Tom Eckersley:                  020 7379 5151