Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

11 January 2008

                               Ashtead Group plc                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces that it has been advised that as at 9 January 2008
Aviva plc and its subsidiaries were directly interested in a total of
23,677,528 shares (or 4.3% of its share capital), and indirectly interested in
8,631,027 shares (of 1.56% of its share capital).