Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
03 June 2005

Ashtead Group plc
3 June 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 3 June 2005, Barclays PLC was interested in a
total of 37,250,118 (or 11.4%) of its shares.

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