Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces that it has been advised that on 10 August 2009,
AXA S.A. and its group of companies were directly interested in a total of
5,541,687 shares (or 1.10% of its share capital), and indirectly interested in
24,269,780 shares (or 4.82% of its share capital).