Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6598I

Speedy Hire PLC

21 November 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Speedy Hire PLC GB0000163088
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Allianz SE
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit  AGF Holdings (UK) Limited
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	<3%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct		Indirect
GB0000163088	1,547,347	1,547,347	1,494,228	37,171	1,457,057	0.0729%	2.859%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
1,494,228	<3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz Insurance plc is a subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz SE is the ultimate holding company of Allianz Holdings plc which is a holding company of Allianz Insurance Plc. The shares in Allianz Holdings Plc are held by Allianz UK Limited, which is a 66.7% owned subsidiary of Allianz Europe Limited ('Allianz Europe'). AGF Holdings (UK) Limited  is a subsidiary of Allianz UK Limited. The other 33.3% of shares in Allianz (UK) Limited are owned by Allianz Liebensversicherungs GmbH, which is itself an indirect subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz Europe is an 85% owned subsidiary of AZ-Argos 10 Vermogensverwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH which in its turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz SE is also the owner of the other 15% of Allianz Europe.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations Team
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7623 8000

 

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