The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company’s fiscal year ends on April 30. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries and its partially owned subsidiaries where the Company has controlling financial interest. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars. The functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries is the currency of the primary economic environment in which they operate. Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries that have a functional currency other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates effective during the year. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within stockholders’ equity. Foreign currency gains and losses resulting from transactions are included in the income statement.

subject to such estimates include, but are not limited to, allowance for credit losses, depreciation of rental equipment, the recoverability of long-lived assets, useful lives and impairment of long-lived tangible and intangible assets including goodwill, valuation of acquired intangible assets, reserves for litigation and other contingencies, and accounting for income taxes, among others. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk include cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents with high quality financial institutions. Concentration of credit risk with respect to receivables is limited due to a large customer base of unrelated customers. The Company manages credit risk using credit reference agencies and the maintenance of credit control functions. During the years ended April 30, 2026, 2025 and 2024, no individual customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenues and no customer represented 10% or more of total accounts receivable.

Accounts receivable is stated net of allowances. The allowances for credit losses reflect the Company’s estimate of the amount of receivables that it will be unable to collect based on historical write-off experience reflecting the level of uncollected receivables over the last year within each business, adjusted for factors that are specific to the receivables, the industry in which the Company operates and the economic environment. Adjustments to the loss allowances are recognized in the income statement. Accounts receivables are written off when recoverability is assessed as being remote while subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited to the income statement.

Inventory consists of equipment, fuel, merchandise and spare parts. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. The cost of inventory that is not ordinarily interchangeable is valued at individual cost. The cost of other inventories is determined on a first-in, first-out basis or using a weighted average cost formula, depending on the basis most suited to the specific type of inventory held.

Rental equipment is recorded at cost and depreciated over the estimated useful life of the equipment using the straight-line method. Cost includes rebuild costs when the rebuild extends the asset’s useful economic life and it is probable that incremental economic benefits will accrue to the Company. Rebuild costs include the cost of transporting the equipment to and from the rebuild supplier.

The range of estimated useful lives for rental equipment is 3 to 25 years. The estimated useful lives are derived from asset class characteristics, historical usage trends, anticipated service period, and prevailing industry standards. However, the majority of our fleet is depreciated over 5 to 10 years. For example, mobile elevating work platforms are depreciated over 10 years, earthmoving equipment is depreciated over 5 to 10 years, power and HVAC equipment is depreciated over 6 to 10 years and forklifts are depreciated over 5 to 10 years. Longer useful lives are generally assigned to specialized or non-mechanical assets of a highly durable nature, consistent with their expected service duration.

At each reporting date, management assesses whether there are events or changes in circumstances that indicate that the rental equipment’s carrying amount may not be recoverable. Management judgment is necessary in identifying impairment indicators, including the period over which assets have not been rented, the period any assets have been down for repair, the current market conditions and the level of return on investment generated from the assets.

Other intangible assets consist of brand names, customer lists and contract related intangible assets, and are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. The Company evaluates the estimated remaining useful life of its other intangible assets and whether events or changes in circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of amortization at each period end. The estimated useful lives of the other intangible assets are as follows:

Long-lived assets are recorded at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. As part of an ongoing review of the valuation of long-lived assets, the Company assesses the carrying value of such assets if facts and circumstances suggest they may be impaired. If this review indicates the carrying value of such an asset may not be recoverable, as determined by an undiscounted cash flow analysis over the remaining useful life, the carrying value would be reduced to its estimated fair value.

The Company has made multiple acquisitions during the periods presented and may continue to make acquisitions in the future. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded based on their respective fair values at the date of acquisition. The consideration transferred in a business combination is the fair value at the acquisition date of the assets transferred and the liabilities assumed by the Company and includes the fair value of any contingent consideration arrangement. The estimated range of undiscounted payment in respect of the contingent consideration is zero to $33 million, zero to $23 million and zero to $37 million as of April 30, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Long-lived assets (principally rental equipment), goodwill and other intangible assets generally represent the largest components of the acquisition assets acquired. Rental equipment is valued utilizing either a cost or market approach, depending on the asset being valued and the availability of market data. The intangible assets that the Company has acquired are primarily non-compete agreements and customer relationships, which are valued based on an excess earnings or income approach based on projected cash flows and may be amortized over the useful life if they are determined to be finite-lived intangible assets. Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the cost of the acquired business over the net of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed.

Determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired can be judgmental in nature and can involve the use of significant estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions used in valuing acquired assets include, but are not limited to, the amount and timing of projected future cash flows, discount rates used to determine the present value of these cash flows and the useful lives of the assets. Although the Company’s fair value estimates are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, these estimates and assumptions are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period of one year from the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of fair values of the purchase price of an acquisition, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded in earnings on the income statement.

As part of an acquisition, the Company will also acquire other assets and assume liabilities. These other assets and liabilities typically include, but are not limited to, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other working capital items. Due to their short-term nature, the fair values of these other assets and liabilities generally approximate the book values on the acquired entities’ balance sheets. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and expensed as selling, general and administrative expenses in the income statement as incurred.

On an annual basis and at interim periods when events or circumstances indicate that an impairment loss may have been incurred, the Company tests the recoverability of its goodwill at the reporting unit level. The annual analysis is conducted as of March 31 each fiscal year. A reporting unit is the same as, or one level below, an operating segment for which discrete financial information is available and regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components are aggregated as a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. The Company has three reporting units which are the same as its operating segments. The Company compares the carrying value of its reporting units to its fair value and if the carrying value of the reporting unit is greater than its fair value, the Company recognizes an impairment charge for the amount equal to that excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.

The Company may first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test. If a quantitative impairment test is performed, the fair value of the reporting unit is estimated using a combination of an income approach on the present value of estimated future cash flows and a market approach based on published earnings multiples of comparable entities with similar operations and economic characteristics as well as acquisition multiples paid in recent transactions. The Company’s discounted cash flows are based on management's estimates, which are weighted for their likely probability of occurrence, about the underlying business activities of the Company.

The Company determines if an agreement is a lease at inception. The Company’s material lease contracts are generally for real estate or vehicles, and the determination of whether such contracts contain leases generally does not require significant estimates or judgments. The Company considers the contractual terms to determine the lease term used to record each lease agreement. The lease terms may include options, at the Company’s sole discretion, to extend or terminate the lease that it is reasonably certain to exercise. The Company determines the lease term used to record each lease by including the initial lease term and, in the case where there are options to extend, will include the option to extend if it has determined that it reasonably certain that the Company would exercise those options. Most real estate leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal periods typically of five years each.

Leases are classified as either finance or operating at inception of the lease and reassessed each time a lease is modified, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. Operating and finance leases result in the recognition of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use the leased asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments. The ROU assets also include any lease payments made and less any lease incentives received.

As the implicit rate of most of our leases is not readily determinable, the liability is calculated as the present value of the remaining minimum lease payments using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the commencement of the lease. The determination of the incremental borrowing rate takes into consideration the expected term of the lease, the currency in which the lease is denominated, and a financing spread adjustment based on the actual borrowing rate incurred by the Company. Operating lease cost is recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term. Finance lease cost includes amortization of the ROU assets on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the underlying asset and interest on the lease liabilities using the effective interest method.

Leases with a lease term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. Lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company also leases certain equipment that it rents to its customers where the payments vary based upon the amount of time the equipment is on rent. The Company generates sublease revenue from such leases that it refers to as “re-rent revenue” as discussed under “Equipment rental revenue” in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. The initial term of these leases is 12 months or less and, therefore, no lease liability or ROU assets have been recorded. Apart from the re-rent revenue discussed in Note 2, the Company does not generate material sublease income.

The Company is principally engaged in the business of renting equipment. Ancillary to the Company’s principal equipment rental business, the Company also sells used rental equipment, new equipment and merchandise and consumables and offers certain services to support its customers. The Company’s rental transactions are accounted for under ASC Topic 842, Leases, (“Topic 842”), while the sale of rental and new equipment, merchandise and consumables along with certain services provided to customers are recognized under ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, (“Topic 606”). Sales and other tax amounts collected from customers and remitted to government authorities are accounted for on a net basis and, therefore, excluded from revenue.

The Company offers a broad portfolio of equipment for rent. Equipment rental revenue includes revenue generated from renting equipment to customers and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the length of the rental contract. These lease contracts are operating leases under Topic 842. As the rental contracts can extend across reporting periods, the Company records unbilled rental revenues and deferred revenues at the end of reporting periods to ensure rental revenues earned is appropriately stated for the periods presented. Receivables from unbilled rental revenue is included in “Prepaid expenses and other assets” and deferred revenue is included in “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet.

Also included in equipment rental revenue is re-rent revenue in which the Company will rent specific pieces of equipment from vendors and then re-rent that equipment to its customers. Provisions for discounts, rebates to customers and other adjustments are provided for in the period the related revenue is recorded.

Other equipment rental revenue is primarily comprised of fees for the Company’s loss damage waiver and environmental charges. Fees paid for the loss damage waiver allow customers to limit the risk of financial loss in the event the Company’s equipment is damaged or lost. Fees for the loss damage waiver and environmental recovery fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the length of the rental contract.

Other rental revenue: Other is primarily comprised of revenues associated with the consumption of fuel by our customers, erection and dismantling services provided and other ancillary services provided in connection with the rental of equipment. The company recognizes revenue as the services are provided.

Sales of rental equipment, new equipment, merchandise and consumables are recognized when control of the asset transfers to the customer, which is typically when the asset is picked up by, or delivered to, the customer and when significant risks and rewards of ownership have passed to the customer. The Company routinely sells its used rental equipment in order to manage repair and maintenance costs, as well as the composition, age and size of its fleet. The Company disposes of used equipment through a variety of channels including retail sales to customers and other third parties, sales to wholesalers, brokered sales and auctions. Sales of rental equipment in connection with trade-in arrangements with certain manufacturers from whom the Company purchases new equipment is accounted for at the lower of transaction value or fair value based on independent appraisals. If the trade-in price of a unit of equipment exceeds the fair market value of that unit, the excess is accounted for as a reduction of the cost of the related purchase of new rental equipment.

The Company also sells new equipment, parts and supplies. The types of new equipment that the Company sells vary by location and include a variety of tools and supplies, small equipment, safety supplies and consumables. Also included in sales of new equipment, merchandise and consumables are other revenues earned from equipment management and similar services for rental customers. The Company recognizes the other revenue as the services are provided.

The Company does not have material contract assets or contract liabilities associated with customer contracts. The Company’s contracts with customers do not generally result in material amounts billed to customers in excess of recognizable revenue. The Company did not recognize material revenue during the years ended April 30, 2026, 2025 or 2024 that was included in the contract liability balance as of the beginning of each period.

Most of the Company’s revenue recognized under Topic 606 is recognized at a point-in-time, rather than over time. Accordingly, in any particular period, the Company does not recognize a significant amount of revenue from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods, and the amounts of such revenue recognized during the years ended April 30, 2026, 2025 and 2024 were not material. The Company also does not expect to recognize material revenue in the future related to performance obligations that were unsatisfied as of April 30, 2026.

The Topic 606 revenues do not include material amounts of variable consideration. The credit periods offered to customers vary according to the credit risk profiles of, and the invoicing conventions established in, the Company’s markets. The contractual terms on invoices issued to customers vary between North America and the U.K., in that invoices issued in the U.K. are payable within 30-60 days whereas invoices issued in North America are payable within 30 days. The contracts do not include a significant financing component.

The Company is exposed to various claims, including those for which the Company provides self-insurance. Claims for which the Company self-insures include: (i) workers compensation claims; (ii) general liability claims by third parties for injury or property damage caused by our equipment or personnel; and (iii) automobile liability claims. These types of claims may take a substantial amount of time to resolve and, accordingly, the ultimate liability associated with a particular claim, including claims incurred but not reported as of a period-end reporting date, may not be known for an

extended period of time. The Company’s methodology for developing self-insurance reserves is based on management estimates and independent third-party actuarial estimates. The estimation process considers, among other matters, the cost of known claims over time, cost inflation and incurred but not reported claims. These estimates may change based on, among other things, changes in the Company’s claim history or receipt of additional information relevant to assessing the claims and the amount of the recorded liability is adjusted to reflect these changes.

The related liability is recorded on a discounted basis, using the yield rate of 3-year and 5-year Treasury Rate, on a gross basis with a corresponding insurance receivable recognized when it is virtually certain that the reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably. The short-term and long-term portion of the self-insurance liabilities are included in “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet, respectively. The short-term and long-term portion of the insurance receivables are included in “Prepaid expenses and other assets” and “Other long-term assets” in the consolidated balance sheet, respectively.

The Company sponsors three defined contribution plans, which consist of a U.K. stakeholder scheme, a U.S. 401(K) retirement plan, and a U.S. 409A non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Obligations under the Company’s defined contribution plans are recognized as an expense in the consolidated income statement as incurred.

The Company has a U.K. defined benefit plan which was closed to new members in 2001 and closed to future accrual in October 2020. The plan is a funded defined benefit plan with trustee-administered assets held separately from those of the Company. During the year ended April 30, 2024, the corporate trustee was appointed as sole trustee to the plan.

The Company’s employee pension costs and obligations under the defined benefit plans are developed from actuarial valuations. Inherent in these valuations are key assumptions, including discount rates, inflation rates, rates of increase in pensions in payment, mortality rates and other factors. The selection of assumptions is based on historical trends and known economic and market conditions at the time of valuation, as well as independent studies of trends performed by actuaries. However, actual results may differ substantially from the estimates that were based on the assumptions. The Company uses an April 30 measurement date for the plan. While management believes that the assumptions used are appropriate, significant differences in actual experience or significant changes in assumptions would affect the Company’s defined benefit pension costs and obligations.

In March 2024, the Trustees completed a buy-in transaction in relation to the Company’s defined benefit pension with the purchase of a bulk annuity policy covering the whole of the plan membership. As such, the Company now holds an insurance policy that is designed to provide cash flows that exactly match the value and timing of the benefits payable to the members it covers. Consequently, the Company is no longer exposed to investment, interest rate, inflation or life expectancy risk, or future funding requirements.

The Company reflects the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans as an asset or liability. This amount is defined as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation. The Company recognizes the actuarial gains/losses as an expense in the consolidated income statement.

The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award based on the grant date fair value of the award, using a Monte Carlo simulation for the awards with a market condition on Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) or based on the market share price. Monte Carlo simulations incorporate subjective assumptions, including expected volatility based on the historical volatilities of the Company and a representative peer group of publicly traded entities. Stock-based compensation awards in which there is an option to receive cash settlement are classified as liability-classified awards. Otherwise, all awards are accounted for as equity-classified awards. Cost of equity-classified awards are recognized using the straight-line method over the vesting period. Cost of liability-classified awards are recognized through the consolidated income statement on the grant date and remeasured at the end of each reporting period through the date of settlement. Changes in the fair value of the liability-classified compensation awards are recorded in the consolidated

PSU awards are granted annually with vesting dependent on the achievement of certain market and performance conditions as well as service conditions including the employee remaining with the Company until the end of the performance period, typically three years. Some PSU awards were granted with an additional two-year post-vesting holding period. PSU awards are zero cost awards. While market and performance conditions relating to adjusted EPS, RoI, Leverage, Sustainability and Relative TSR were applicable at the time the awards were granted, following the U.S. Listing, certain modifications were made to the existing stock-based compensation plans, including that all performance conditions were deemed to have been met at 85.5% of maximum. Further details are set out in Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements. Nevertheless, the table below sets out details of those market and performance conditions which were applicable at the time the awards were granted, with achievement calculated as defined in the award agreement:

Ashtead Group Limited (previously known as Ashtead Group plc) (“Ashtead”) operated the Employee Share Ownership Trust (“ESOT”) in connection with employee share plans. Shares in Ashtead were acquired by the ESOT in the open market and were presented as common stock held by the ESOT in the consolidated balance sheet. Shares held by the ESOT were used to satisfy share-based payments, with a transfer made from common stock held by the ESOT to retained earnings when awards were exercised. The ESOT had waived the right to receive dividends on the shares it held. The costs of operating the ESOT were borne by Ashtead but were not significant.

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based upon the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amount of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, as well as operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income tax expense (benefit) in the period the tax rates are enacted.

The Company’s deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company evaluates the realizability of deferred tax assets for each of the jurisdictions in which they operate by assessing all positive and negative evidence. This includes historical operating results, known or planned operating developments, the period of time over which certain temporary differences will reverse, consideration of the reversal of certain deferred tax liabilities, tax law carryback capability in the particular country, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. After evaluation of these factors, if the deferred tax assets are expected to be realized within the tax carryforward period allowed for that specific country, the Company would conclude that no valuation allowance would be required. To the extent that the deferred tax assets exceed the amount that is expected to be realized within the tax carryforward period for a particular jurisdiction, the Company establishes a valuation allowance.

The Company has historically considered the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested, and accordingly, no taxes have been provided on such earnings. The Company regularly reviews its cash position and determination of indefinite reinvestment of foreign earnings. If it is determined that all or a portion of such foreign earnings would be repatriated, we may be subject to additional foreign withholding taxes and U.S. federal and state income taxes.

The Company recognizes benefits from tax positions only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the positions. The tax benefits recognized in the combined financial statements from such positions are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement. Judgment is required in evaluating tax positions and determining unrecognized tax benefits. The Company re-evaluates the technical merits of its tax positions and may recognize the benefit of a tax position in certain circumstances, including when: (1) a tax examination is completed; (2) applicable tax laws change, including through a tax case ruling or legislative guidance; or (3) the applicable statute of limitations expires. The Company recognizes interest and penalties associated with income taxes in income tax expense (benefit) in the statement of operations.

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period determined using the treasury stock method.

Expense Disaggregation Disclosure. In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)” (“ASU 2024-03”), which improves the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and addresses requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales, SG&A, and research and development. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this ASU can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. This standard is not expected to have an impact on any amounts recognized in our financial statements, but will result in more detailed disclosures addressing the categorization of expenses.

Credit Losses. In July 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-05, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets” (“ASU 2025-05”), which provides optional guidance relating to the estimation of expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets. This guidance permits entities to apply a practical expedient that assumes current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. ASU 2025-05 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The guidance should be applied prospectively. The impact to the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures is not expected to be material.

Internal Use Software. In September 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”), which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs by increasing the operability of the recognition guidance considering different methods of software development. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this ASU can be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or with a modified transition approach. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.

Accounting for Government Grants. In December 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-10, Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities (“ASU 2025-10”) to establish authoritative guidance in U.S. GAAP for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of government grants received by for-profit entities. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2028, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. ASU 2025-10 should be applied utilizing a retrospective approach, or a modified transition approach. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.