Holding(s) in Company

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:

Speedy Hire Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

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

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:

 FIL Limited

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST). FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FAMKL), 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.

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

518,200

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS

FPM

63,850,551

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL

1,448,426

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FIJ

32,750

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FIL

102,660

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL

809,822

NORTHERN TRUST LONDON

FPM

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

 9 August 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 August 2010

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

13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB0000163088

67,550,557

67,550,557

66,762,409

66,762,409

12.90

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

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

 66,762,409

12.90%

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST). FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FAMKL), 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.

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

518,200

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS

FPM

63,850,551

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL

1,448,426

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FIJ

32,750

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FIL

102,660

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL

809,822

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:

788,148

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

9 August 2010

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Suzana Koncarevic

15. Contact telephone number:

 01942 327206