Annual Report and Accounts

Ashtead Group PLC
30 July 2004


                               Ashtead Group plc

                        Annual Report and Accounts 2004


Ashtead Group plc announces that a copy of the above document is being posted to
shareholders today and has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority. It will
shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 24 The
North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, telephone: [phone].











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