Director/PDMR Shareholding

11 December 2007

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                          Director/PDMR Shareholding                           

Ashtead Group plc announces that the following directors have today purchased
ordinary 10p shares in the Company as follows:

                    No of 10p        Purchase    Total number     % of Issued  
                 Ordinary Shares      price     of Shares held   Share Capital 
                    purchased                                                  
                                                                               
M Burrow              20,000          84.5p         60,000           0.01%     


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Eric Watkins       020 7726 9700