Transfer of Treasury Shares

2nd Jul 2008 10:50

Ashtead Group plc2 July 2008 Ashtead Group plc Transfer of Treasury Shares

Ashtead Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 2 July 2008, the following ordinary shares were transferred from treasury stock for the purpose of an employee's share scheme allotment:

43,417 ordinary shares at 28.35 pence per share

Following the above transfer of treasury stock, the Company holds 43,330,177 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 518,242,549.

This number (518,242,549) represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Ashtead Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Ashtead Group plc 020 7726 9740

Eric Watkins

vendor

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