Holding(s) in Company

Speedy Hire PLC
19 October 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)  2,343,257 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


18 October September 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


5,283,690



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


12.974%



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


19 October 2006



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