Holding(s) in Company

Speedy Hire PLC
28 September 2005

Amendment 7

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT
     
1.   Company in which shares are held:     Speedy Hire Plc

2.   Notifiable interest:        Ordinary Shares
               
     (A)  FMR Corp.
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109
     
          Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
          (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity 
          Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts 
          as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust 
          accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and 
          their holdings).

     (B)  Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
          P.O. Box HM 670 
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion 
          (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), 
          Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), 
          Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments 
          International (FII), investment managers for various non-US 
          investment companies and institutional clients.
          
3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
     82 Devonshire Street 
     Boston, MA 02109

     A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
     trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
     pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
     purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect 
     subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in 
     respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit 
     these notifications on a joint basis.

6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, 
     namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to 
     exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the 
     exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A
                                                                    Amendment 7
Security: SPEEDY HIRE PLC


Current ownership percentage:                 8.94%

Total Shares held:                       3,858,752

Shares in issue:                        43,144,878

Change in holdings since last filing:      +21,992 ordinary shares


                               MANAGEMENT
                  SHARES HELD   COMPANY   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                     
                      282,552     FPM     JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 
                       76,900     FPM     CITIBANK LONDON 
                       24,700     FPM     BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 
                       10,300     FPM     NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 
                      140,000     FMRCO   CITIBANK NA 
                      188,860     FISL    JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH      
                    3,048,840     FIL     BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX
                       37,900     FIL     STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN(S 
                       11,400     FIL     NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                       37,300     FIJ     BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
                        
                       


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