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 Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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:

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited

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

ROY Nominees Limited

Vidacos Nominees Limited

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

15 July 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16 July 2008 

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

6%

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

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0000163088

3,065,114

3,065,114

3,026,274

3,026,274

N/A

5.94%

N/A

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,026,274

5.94%

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

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited is a segregated business unit within Credit Suisse Group (CSG) with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other parts of CSG.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14 Contact name:

Wendy Lark

15. Contact telephone name:

020 7883 9757

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

One Cabot Square, London, E14 4QJ

Phone number & email

020 7888 1000

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

See below

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited

Contact address

One Cabot Square, London, E14 4QJ

Phone number & email

020 7888 1000

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited is making this disclosure in its capacity as discretionary investment manager.

C: Additional information