Correction : Holding(s) in Company

Correction: This announcement was incorrectly released on 12 May 2009 under the company
Ashtead Holdings plc, when it should have been released under Ashtead Group
plc.



Ashtead Group plc

12 May 2009

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised that on 11 May 2009
Standard Life Investments Ltd were directly interested in a total of 26,932,622
shares (or 5.35% of its share capital) and indirectly interested in a total of
20,990,771 shares (or 4.17% of its share capital).

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020 7726 9740

Eric Watkins