Director Update

Ashtead Group PLC

Director Update

Ashtead Group plc

1 June 2011

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                                Director Update                                

Ashtead Group Plc announces that its Senior Independent Non-Executive Director,
Hugh Etheridge, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of William
Sinclair Holdings Plc with effect from 1 June 2011.

Contact:

Eric Watkins, General Counsel

020 7726 9740