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RNS Number : 8380K

Speedy Hire PLC

26 September 2016

 
 TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares 
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 1: Identity of the issuer          Speedy Hire Plc 
  or the underlying 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 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 effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                              The Wellcome Trust Limited, 
  subject to the notification                            as Trustee of The Wellcome 
  obligation:                                            Trust 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):                                 As above 
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 5. Date of the transaction                             22 September 2016 
  (and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached): 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                      23 September 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or reached:                                   4% 
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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                      GB0000163088 
  use 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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 17,338,500                                           3.31% 
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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 
-----------------------  ------------------------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 21,390,200               21,390,200                             4.09% 
-----------------------  ------------------------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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   Type of     Expiration    Exercise/         No. of voting       Percentage 
  financial       date       conversion         rights that         of voting 
  instrument                 period/date      may be acquired        rights 
                                                  (if the 
                                                 instrument 
                                            exercised/converted) 
------------  -----------  -------------  ----------------------  ----------- 
 
 
 
 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     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    voting        rights 
                                              period        rights 
                                                            instrument 
                                                            refers 
                                                            to 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
                                                                         Nominal   Delta 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting 
                            rights 
------------------------  --------------------- 
 21,390,200                4.09% 
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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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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights 
  proxy holder will acquire: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder 
  will acquire voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:              James Blair 
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 15. Contact telephone 
  number:                       01942 327206 
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