Ashtead Group PLC

    Director Update

    3 July 2015

                                   ASHTEAD GROUP PLC                               

                                    Director Update                                

    Ashtead Group plc announces Geoff Drabble has today been appointed as an
    independent non-executive director of Howdens Joinery Group.

    Contact:

    Eric Watkins - Ashtead Group: 0207 726 9700