Annual Report and Accounts

Ashtead Group plc

6 August 2008

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                        Annual Report and Accounts 2008                        

Ashtead Group plc announces that a copy of the above document 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, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS, telephone: [phone].