Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9291F

Speedy Hire PLC

21 January 2010

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Speedy Hire Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

See section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

19 January 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 January 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

14%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0000163088	71,391,661	71,391,661	73,522,649		73,522,649		14.21

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
		N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
			N/A		Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

73,522,649

14.21%

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

Issuer name:		Speedy Hire Plc
Current ownership percentage:		14.21%
Total shares held:		73,522,649
Issued share capital:		517,215,666
Shares held		Nominee	Management Company
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent Holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FIL), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and Institutional clients	837,600	Bank of New York Brussels	FPM
	4,478,400	BNP Paribas, Paris	FIGEST
	64,862,951	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX	FIL
	1,436,300	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIJ
	32,750	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	102.660	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	1,754,700	Northern Trust London	FPM
	17,288	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX ( C )	FIL

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	2,130,988
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	19 January 2010