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 Voting 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:	[e-mail]

 

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