Holding(s) in Company

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:

f[email protected]