Speedy Hire Plc

Block Listing Application

A block listing application has been made for 3,000,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Speedy Hire Plc (the "Company") to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Admission is expected to become effective on 18 February 2014.

The shares will be issued fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company and will be issued pursuant to the Speedy Hire Sharesave Scheme and the Speedy Hire 2007 Irish Sharesave Scheme.

Enquiries:

Speedy Hire Plc

James Blair, Company Secretary

Tel: 01942 720000