Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

7 June 2010

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised that on 3 June 2010 Aegon
UK Group of Companies were directly interested in a total of 48,593,251 shares
(or 9.65% of its share capital) and indirectly interested in a total of
7,423,044 shares (or 1.47 % of its share capital).

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020 7726 9740

Eric Watkins