Holding(s) in Company

Speedy Hire PLC
14 September 2006


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company

Speedy Hire Plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Schroder Investment Management Limited


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding

of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest

or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's

spouse or children under the age of 18



(i) 2,361,200 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an

affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or

to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited,


(ii) 2,940,433 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of

Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown in 4.


An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited

(SIMNA Ltd), is managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further

657,305 shares which are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase

Nominees Limited.



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of

shares held by each of them


REGISTRATION                                         AMOUNT


Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S                 11,651

British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P          1,000,000

Chase Nominees Limited                              125,000

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                1,265,408

Dexia Bill Dublin Branch                             32,031

Nortrust Nominees Limited                           200,000

JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA                        306,343


                                                  2,940,433



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A


6. Percentage of issued class

N/A


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

Not informed


8. Percentage of issued class

Not informed


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5p each


10. Date of transaction

Not informed


11. Date company informed

13 September 2006


12. Total holding following this notification

5,958,938


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.014%


14. Any additional information

N/A


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Neil Christopher O'Brien

[phone]


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Neil Christopher O'Brien


Date of notification

14 September 2006



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