ASHTY Ashtead Group PLC (PK)

Ashtead Group PLC

Directorate Change

8 July 2014

                               ASHTEAD GROUP PLC

                              Directorate Change

Ashtead Group plc ("Ashtead") today formally announces that Hugh Etheridge
resigned as a director of Ashtead as of close of business on 30 June 2014 after
ten years of service as a non-executive director.

Ian Sutcliffe who joined Ashtead in 2010 will be the Company's new senior
independent director and Wayne Edmunds, the new chairman of the Audit
Committee.

Contact:

Eric Watkins, General Counsel: 020 7726 9700

Brian Hudspith, Maitland: 0207 379 5151