Amendment

Ashtead Group PLC

2 July 2013

                   Amendment - Director / PDMR Shareholding                    

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 1 July 2013 it made the
annual awards for 2013 to 131 senior executives under its Performance Share
Plan ("PSP").

Awards under the PSP comprise the conditional right to receive ordinary shares
of 10p each which normally vest on the third anniversary of grant subject to
continued employment and the achievement of challenging performance targets set
by the Remuneration Committee. The Company intends to utilise shares held by
the Group's Employee Share Ownership Trust to fulfil any obligations to award
shares to employees which may arise in 2016.

The following award was made to Suzanne Wood:

Director                  Number of shares           Percentage of issued      
                          covered by the award       share capital             
                                                                               
Suzanne Wood              48,631                     0.009                     


Contact:
Eric Watkins, General Counsel. Tel: [phone]