Share Purchase by Director

Ashtead Group plc

24 September 2014

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                          Share purchase by Director                           

Ashtead Group plc announces that on the 15 September 2014 Ian Sutcliffe,
director, reinvested his share dividend and purchased ordinary 10p shares in
the Company as follows:

     No of 10p        Purchase price      Total number of   
  Ordinary Shares                           Shares held     
     purchased                                              
                                                            
        109                1008p               12,068       

Contact:

Eric Watkins 020 7726 9700