Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5827B
Speedy Hire PLC
29 October 2009
 




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:
 ii

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:
 iii

FIL Limited

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

See the attached schedule

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

reached:
 v

26.10.09

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27.10.09

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

10% 

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0000163088


 

48,233,771



48,233,771



56,698,171



56,698,171


10.96



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date 
xiii

Exercise/ 
Conversion Period 
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period 
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to


% of voting rights xix, xx








Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

56,698,171

10.96%

  

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

Current ownership percentage:

10.96%

Total shares held:

56,698,171

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

3,388,000

BNP Paribas, Paris

FIGEST

49,283,411

Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX

FIL

1,436,300

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co

FIJ

14,500

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL

102,660

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FISL

1,635,700

Northern Trust London

FPM




 


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

8,464,400

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

26 October 2009



13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:


Amanda Chana

15. Contact telephone number:


fill-regreporting@fil.com





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