AGM - Proxy Table - Ashtead Group

27 September, 2006

AGM - Proxy Table

Ashtead Group plc held its AGM at 2.30pm on Tuesday 26th September 2006 in London .

The Board is pleased to confirm that all the resolutions placed before the meeting were accepted on a show of hands by the members without exception.

The proxy votes were as follows:

	Resolution	For	Against
1.	Report and Accounts 2006	250,691,562	909,161
2.	Dividend declaration	284,803,550	0
3.	Re-election of Mr Stenham	280,382,150	2,776,750
4.	Re-election of Mr Robson	283,952,090	842,884
5.	Re-election of Mr Miller	282,318,542	2,476,432
6.	Re-appointment of auditors	282,223,944	1,076,551
7.	Approval of remuneration report	158,129,529	85,084,234
8.	Authority to allot securities	273,911,584	10,880,787
9.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	282,824,139	335,008
10.	Authority to make market purchasesof ordinary shares	284,654,015	140,894