Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number : 3501P
Speedy Hire PLC
14 July 2010
 



 

 

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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


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 the notification obligation:

 

 FIL Limited

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST).  FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FAMKL), 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 istitutional clients.






SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT
COMPANY


837,600

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS

FPM


3,553,936

BNP PARIBAS, PARIS

FIGEST


64,609,651

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL


1,448,426

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FIJ


32,750

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FIL


102,660

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL


1,754,700

NORTHERN TRUST LONDON

FPM

 

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

 

 9 July 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

12 July 2010

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

 

14%

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the 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

% of  voting rights

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB0000163088

72,480,123

 72,480,123

 72,339,723


72,339,723


13.98

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

 

% 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/
Conversion
period

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights

 






Nominal

Delta

 



 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 72,339,723

13.98%

 

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST).  FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FAMKL), 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 istitutional clients.

 

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT
COMPANY

837,600

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS

FPM

3,553,936

BNP PARIBAS, PARIS

FIGEST

64,609,651

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL

1,448,426

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FIJ

32,750

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FIL

102,660

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL

1,754,700

NORTHERN TRUST LONDON

FPM

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

 FIL Limited

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

 

140,400

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

 

9 July 2010

 

13. Additional information:

 


14. Contact name:

 

Suzana Koncarevic

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

 01942 327206

 


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