Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group plc

11 February 2010

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                            Ordinary Shares of 10p                             

Ashtead Group plc announces it was advised on 10 February 2010 that on 8
February 2010 Aegon UK Group of Companies were directly interested in a total
of 37,432,664 shares (or 7.44% of its share capital) and indirectly interested
in a total of 4,947,609 shares (or 0.98 % of its share capital).

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020 7726 9740

Eric Watkins