Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
18 February 2005






RNS No. 282220

Ashtead Group plc

18th February 2005


                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC

                             Ordinary Shares of 10p

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised by Barclays Group
Corporate Secretariat, that as at 15th February 2005 Barclays PLC was interested
in a total of 14,598,391 (or 4.48%) of its shares.




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