Director/PDMR Shareholding

Speedy Hire PLC
10 July 2006


Speedy Hire Plc ('Speedy Hire' or the 'Company')

Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Resonsibility ('PDMR') - Interest
in Shares


Speedy Hire announces the following changes to Directors' and PDMR's interests
in the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Shares').

Share Awards to Directors and PDMR

Further to the announcement on Wednesday 5 July 2006 of the purchase of Shares
by Directors and PDMR pursuant to the Speedy Hire 2004 Co-Investment Plan
('CIP'), awards of Matching Shares have been made on Thursday 6 July 2006 under
the CIP, and an equivalent award over Shares has been made to Michael A McGrath
under his 'Joining Award' (the 'Joining Award Shares').  Awards have also been
made under the Speedy Hire Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  The CIP and PSP
(together the 'Plans') were approved by shareholders at the AGM in July 2004.

The awards comprise rights to acquire Shares at nil cost, subject to the rules
of the Plans and to the applicable performance targets.  The Joining Award is a
one-off award made to Michael A McGrath in connection with his appointment as a
director of the Company, as referred to in the Annual Report and Accounts.  It
comprises a right to acquire Shares at nil cost and is subject to the same terms
of a Matching Share Award under the CIP.

CIP

Matching Share Awards

Matching Share Awards were made on Thursday 6 July 2006 under the CIP to
Directors and PDMR as follows:-

              Name                Matching Share Awards     Total Matching Share
                                        under CIP           Awards Held under CIP

        Steve J Corcoran                  45,876                   159,876
         Neil C O'Brien                   22,938                   113,852
         Alan Bultitude                   1,146                     1,770
         Andrew Carter                    6,880                     9,043
          Gary Cooper                     1,719                     3,040
         John Cummings                    5,734                     7,816
         Keith Ferguson                   3,439                     3,439
          David Graham                    9,174                    11,776
         William Kellie                   4,471                     8,218
          Martin Knott                    4,586                    10,138
         Simon Richards                   10,322                   16,568
       Claudio Veritiero                  4,586                     9,582
         Mark Whitworth                   13,532                   21,304


Joining Award

The Joining Award was made on Thursday 6 July 2006 to Michael A McGrath as
follows:-

              Name                 Joining Share Awards      Total Joining Award
                                                                 Shares Held

       Michael A McGrath                  43,918                   43,918


PSP

Awards were also made under the PSP to Directors as follows:-

Director                      Share Awards under PSP    Total Awards Held under
                                                                  PSP

Steve J Corcoran                       33,646                    121,764
Neil C O'Brien                         22,992                    86,336
Michael A McGrath                      21,870                    21,870


Awards under the PSP, Matching Share Awards under the CIP and the Joining Award
will normally be exercisable (to the extent performance targets are met) within
a 90 day period following the announcement of the Company's results for the year
ending 31 March 2009.

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Enquiries:

Speedy Hire Plc
Frank Dee, Chairman Remuneration Committee
Neil O'Brien, Group Finance Director
Tel:  [phone]




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