Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2262H

Speedy Hire PLC

17 June 2013

 



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

2:    Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Aberforth Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See below section 9
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):	13 June 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 June 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8:    Notified Details
A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB0000163088
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
26,770,100		26,770,100
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
25,626,658	N/A	25,626,658	N/A	4.95%

B:   Qualifying 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/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
25,626,658	4.95%

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

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc 21,349,558 Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 4,277,100 Grand Total 25,626,658 All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/c Aberfrth

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	James Blair
15. Contact telephone number:	01942 327206

 

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