Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

25th February 2008

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it has been advised that on 20th February 2008
Legal & General Assurance Group plc and Legal & General Investment Management
Limited were directly interested in a total of 25,446,963 (or 4.69% of its
share capital) and indirectly interested in 1,756,251 shares (or 0.32% of its
share capital).