Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
06 January 2004

Ashtead Group plc
Ordinary Shares of 10p

The Company has been advised today by Investeringsselskabet Luxor A/S, Denmark,
that it had increased its interest in the ordinary share capital of the Company
to 3.07% (10,000,000 shares) by the purchase of 250,000 shares.


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