Ashtead Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6048N)

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RNS Number : 6048N

Ashtead Group PLC

29 July 2014

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that the awards made to its executive directors in July 2011 under Company's Performance Share Plan vested on 28 July 2014.

As a result of vesting each director received the following number of shares:

   Geoff Drabble                       406,176 
   Sat Dhaiwal                           130,641 
   Brendan Horgan                   163,049 
   Suzanne Wood                     126,816 

The directors sold these shares on 28 July 2014 at 934 p per share. The directors' total shareholdings are:

 
                   Number       Percentage       Shares held 
                    of shares    of issued        as a % of 
                                 share capital    base salary 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Geoff Drabble     1,303,297    0.26             1,900% 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Sat Dhaiwal       398,375      0.08             1,550% 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Brendan Horgan    493,874      0.10             1426% 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Suzanne Wood      208,805      0.04             614% 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 

In calculating shareholding as a percentage of salary, the share price and sterling/dollar exchange rate as at close of business on 28 July and the directors' salaries as at 1 May 2014 have been used.

Enquiries:

Ashtead Group PLC,

   Eric Watkins                         020 7726 9700 

Maitland,

   Brian Hudspith                     020 7379 5151 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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