Ashtead Group PLC

20^th June 2017

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Ashtead Group plc (the “Company”) announces that on 19^th June 2017 it made the annual awards for 2017 to 193 senior executives under its Performance Share Plan (“PSP”).

Awards under the PSP comprise the conditional right to receive ordinary shares of 10p each, which for the directors ordinarily vest on the fifth anniversary of grant for awards made on and after 2017. Vesting of awards is subject to continued employment and the achievement of challenging performance targets set by the Remuneration Committee.  The Company intends to utilise shares held by the Group’s Employee Share Ownership Trust to fulfil any obligations to award shares to employees, which may arise.

The following awards were made to the executive directors and PDMRs:

The exercise price for the above awards is GBP1 for all ordinary shares to which the award relates.  No consideration was paid for the grant of any of these awards.

The Company further announces that the awards made to its executive directors and PDMRs in June 2014 vested on 19^th June 2017.

As a result of the vesting of the 2014 award the directors and PDMRs received the following number of ordinary 10p shares:

The directors and PDMRs sold these ordinary 10p shares on 19^th June 2017 at 1,622 pence per share.

The directors’ total shareholdings are:

*     Sunbelt Rentals’ operational executives

**   A Plant’s finance director

Contact:

Eric Watkins, General Counsel. Tel: 020 7726 9740