Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
27 September 2004




Ashtead Group plc

27 September 2004


                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC

                             Ordinary Shares of 10p

Ashtead Group plc announces that it has been advised by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
that as at 23 September 2004 it had an interest in and was the registered holder
of 10,974,000 Ashtead Group plc ordinary shares, which equates to 3.4% of
Ashtead Group's share capital.


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