Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

4 June 2009

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised that on 3 June 2009
Standard Life Investments Ltd were directly interested in a total of 24,278,257
shares (or 4.82% of its share capital) and indirectly interested in a total of
15,404,916 shares (or 3.06% of its share capital).

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Eric Watkins