Ashtead Group plc

20 January 2015


Ashtead Group plc announces it has been advised that on 15 January 2015 Abrams
Bison Investments LLC was interested in a total of 25,350,000 of the Group's
shares (or 5.04% of its share capital).

Enquiries:

Eric Watkins
Company Secretary
020 7726 9700