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Ashtead Group PLC
15 August 2005


Ashtead Group plc

15th August 2005


                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC

                             Ordinary Shares of 10p

Ashtead Group plc announces it has today been advised by Barclays Group
Corporate Secretariat, that as at 9th August 2005 Barclays PLC was interested in
a total of 41,438,697 (or 10.34%) of its shares.


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