Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8968B

Speedy Hire PLC

03 November 2009

 



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
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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:	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See section 9
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	27 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	11%

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 Direct	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0000163088	56,698,171	56,698,171	59,948,171		59,948,171		11.59

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

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 / Conversation period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting fights
					Normal	Delta

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
59,948,171	11.59

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:		11.59%
Total shares held:		59,948,171
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 (FII), 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
	51,320,711	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD Lux	FIL
	1,436,300	Brown Brothers Harriman and CO	FIJ
	17,800	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	102,660	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	1,754,700	Northern Trust London	FPM

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	3,250,000
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	27 October 2009

13. Additional information:	None
14 Contact name:	Amanda Chana
15. Contact telephone name:	[e-mail]

 

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