Notification of Major Interest In Shares

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

HSS Hire Group Plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

X

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 thenotification obligation: iii

Old Mutual Plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

 (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

03/07/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

06/07/2015

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

reached: vi, vii

Crossed Below 4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible using

the ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number

Of

Shares

Number

Of

Voting

Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BVFD4645

10,250,000

10,250,000

4,804,953

3.10%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date xiii

Exercise/

Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting

rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

CFD

46,576

0.03%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,851,529

3.13%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Rose Coyle

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 0027503