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RNS Number : 1454S

Speedy Hire PLC

03 July 2015

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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 1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying   Speedy Hire Plc 
  issuer of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached: 
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 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                No 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued 
  to which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic               No 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                              No 
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 Other (please specify):                                                       No 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject to           Aberforth Partners LLP 
  the notification 
  obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if             1. Aberforth Smaller Companies 
  different from 3.):                            Trust plc (23,038,335 shares) 
                                                 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies 
                                                 Fund (3,255,113 shares) 
                                                 All shares are registered in the 
                                                 name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c 
                                                 Aberfrth 
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 5. Date of the transaction (and date           1 July 2015 
  on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached): 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:              2 July 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or reached:                                   5% 
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 8: Notified Details 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of share If possible use         GB0000163088 
  ISIN code 
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 Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
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 Number of shares                            Number of voting rights 
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 25,626,658                                  25,626,658 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Number of shares         Number of voting rights             Percentage of 
                                                              voting rights 
-----------------  ------------------------------------  ---------------------- 
                        Direct            Indirect        Direct     Indirect 
-----------------  ---------------  -------------------  -------  ------------- 
 26,293,448         0                26,293,448           0%       5.04% 
-----------------  ---------------  -------------------  -------  ------------- 
 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion       No. of voting       Percentage of 
     instrument                             period/date            rights that         voting rights 
                                                                 may be acquired 
                                                                (if the instrument 
                                                               exercised/converted) 
------------------  ----------------  ---------------------  ----------------------  --------------- 
 N/A                 N/A               N/A                    N/A                     N/A 
------------------  ----------------  ---------------------  ----------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting rights 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument 
                                              period        refers to 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------------------- 
        N/A            N/A         N/A           N/A              N/A            Nominal      Delta 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  -----------  -------- 
                                                                                   N/A         N/A 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 26,293,448                5.04% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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  Held by Aberforth Partners LLP 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                 N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder      N/A 
  will acquire: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire   N/A 
  voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
                                    Aberforth Partners LLP is interested 
                                    in a further 4,332,200 shares, but has 
                                    no access to the voting rights of these 
                                    shares. 
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 14. Contact name:                James Blair 
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 15. Contact telephone number:    01942 327206 
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