Holding(s) in Company

Speedy Hire PLC
20 April 2005


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT
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1.   Company in which shares are held:      SPEEDY HIRE PLC
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2.   Notifiable Interest:     ORDINARY SHARES
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          Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P.O. BOX HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion 
          (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), 
          Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK). Fidelity 
          Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), 
          investment managers for various non-us investment companies and 
          institutional clients
     
3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

          Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

     A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.
     
4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
     unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
     reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
     the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect 
     subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in 
     respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit 
     these notifications on a joint basis.
     
6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely 
     where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
     right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
     such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: SPEEDY HIRE PLC                                         


                 SHARES HELD    MANAGEMENT  NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                 COMPANY    NAME
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                      37,300       FIJ      BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO TOTAL
                     805,747       FIL      BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX TOTAL
                         400       FIL      NORTHERN TRUST LONDON TOTAL
                      45,300       FIL      STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL
                     202,560       FISL     JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL
                      24,700       FPM      BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS TOTAL
                      76,900       FPM      CITIBANK LONDON TOTAL
                      90,000       FPM      JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL
                         400       FPM      NORTHERN TRUST LONDON TOTAL
                   1,263,307                GRAND TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:             3.02%

SHARES IN ISSUE:  42,538,835



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