Investor Event - Visit to Sunbelt Rentals

Ashtead Group plc 26 January 2015 Ashtead Group plc is holding an investor event in Miami tomorrow and Wednesday,27 and 28 January 2015. The purpose of this event is to provide analysts and investors with more detailon the Group's American strategy, operations and markets, with presentationsbeing made by senior executives from Ashtead Group and Sunbelt Rentals, its USsubsidiary. These will be available on the Group's website atwww.ashtead-group.com/investorcentre under Results and presentations. There will be no statement on current trading and no new material informationdisclosed in the presentations. Further enquiries: Maitland Brian Hudspith020 7379 5151