Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
13 March 2003



Ashtead Group plc
Ordinary Shares of 10p

The Company has been advised today by the AEGON UK plc Group of Companies that 
it no longer has a notifiable interest in the Company following a disposal of
4,196,706 shares, such disposal representing 1.29% of the issued share capital
of the Company.




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