Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

16 December 2009

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised that on 15 December 2009
AXA S.A and its group of companies were directly interested in a total of
8,477,629 shares (or 1.68 % of its share capital) and indirectly interested in
a total of 14,261,420 shares (or 2.83 % of its share capital).

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020 7726 9740

Eric Watkins