Holding(s) in Company

Speedy Hire PLC
1 August 2002


LETTER TO:  SPEEDY HIRE PLC
Dated 31 July 2002

Companies Act 1985 (as amended):
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that those companies identified below no longer have a
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company:

M&G Limited
M&G Group Limited
M&G Investment Management Limited

Notwithstanding the above, certain companies within the Prudential plc group of
companies continue to have notifiable interests, details of which are set out in
the schedule below.
 
Richard Harding 
for and on behalf of Prudential plc



             Notifiable Position Report for SPEEDY HIRE ORD GBP 0.05
                                as at 30 July 2002

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 42,538,835 
ORD GBP 0.05 shares.

                         Registered Holder               Holding          %

Prudential plc                                           2,076,064       4.88            Total Notifiable Interest

                         PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC   1,997,471
                         PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC      78,593

The Prudential Assurance
 Company Limited                                         2,076,064       4.88

                         PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC   1,997,471
                         PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC      78,593



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