Holding(s) in Company

Ashtead Group PLC
08 November 2004


                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC

                             Ordinary Shares of 10p

Ashtead Group plc announces it has been advised by Barclays Group Corporate
Secretariat, that as at 3rd November 2004 Barclays PLC was interested in a total
of 11,500,733 (or 3.53%) of its shares.

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