TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

A: Voting rights attached to 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 notification (yes/no)
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		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Kames Capital
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):	19 September 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 September 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code		GB0000163088

Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
13,225,000		13,225,000

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares Direct	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
15,448,453	15,448,453	161,547	2.98%	0.03%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

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


Kames Capital:- Kames Capital Plc Kames Capital Management Ltd Kames Capital ICVC Kames Capital VCIC

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Kames Capital

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

James Blair

15. Contact telephone number:

01942 327206

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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