Director/PDMR Shareholding

Speedy Hire PLC
15 July 2005

Speedy Hire Plc ('Speedy Hire' or the 'Company')

Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Resonsibility ('PDMR') - Interest
in Shares.


Speedy Hire announces the following changes to Directors' and PDMR's interests
in the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Shares').

Share Awards, sale of shares by the Company's Employee Benefits Trust ('EBT')
and corresponding Share Purchases by Directors and PDMR


Awards were made yesterday under the Speedy Hire Performance Share Plan ('PSP')
and awards of Matching Shares have also been made under the Speedy Hire
Co-Investment Plan ('CIP'). These Plans were approved by shareholders at the AGM
in July 2004. The awards comprise rights to acquire Shares at nil cost, subject
to the rules of the Plans and to the applicable performance targets.

CIP

Sale and Purchase of Shares

In accordance with the rules of the CIP, the Directors and PDMR have purchased
Shares all at 724p per share as indicated below.

Directors

Name                  Previous Holding     Shares Purchased    Total Holding
Steve J Corcoran      89,643     (0.21%)    5,999     (0.01%)  95,642    (0.22%)
Andrew C Simpson      26,470     (0.06%)   10,049     (0.02%)  36,519    (0.08%)
Neil C O'Brien        77,600     (0.18%)    6,080     (0.01%)  83,680     (0.2%)


PDMR

Name                   Previous Holding     Shares Purchased   Total Holding
Alan Bultitude            145         -       364         -       509        -
Andrew Carter          20,773     (0.05%)     847         -    21,620    (0.05%)
John Cummings             Nil         -       815         -       815        -
Barry Gallihawk        17,928     (0.04%)   1,224         -    19,152    (0.04%)
David Graham              Nil         -     1,019         -     1,019        -
William Kellie          6,625     (0.02%)   1,459         -     8,084    (0.02%)
Martin Knott              Nil         -     1,621         -     1,621        -
Denis Martin           31,050     (0.07%)   2,026         -    33,076    (0.08%)
Simon Richards         54,022     (0.13%)   2,432     (0.01%)  56,454    (0.13%)
Claudio Veritiero         Nil         -     1,945         -     1,945        -
Colin Warbey              Nil         -       702         -       702        -
Mark Whitworth         24,000     (0.06%)   2,270     (0.01%)  26,270    (0.06%)


Of the Shares purchased, 29,834 Shares were sold by the EBT. As a result of this
sale, the number of Shares held by the EBT has reduced by 29,834 Shares (0.07%
of the Company's issued share capital) in total. The EBT now holds 105,476
Shares (0.25% of the Company's issued share capital). As potential beneficiaries
of the EBT, all Directors and PDMR of the Company are treated as interested in
transactions by the EBT.

Matching Share Awards (Directors and PDMR have been put into separate tables for
the earlier breakdown)

Matching Share Awards were made yesterday under the CIP to Directors and PDMR
follows:-


       Name          Matching Share     Total Matching Shares 
                     Awards under CIP   Held under CIP
 Steve J Corcoran    20,542             114,000
 Andrew C Simpson    34,408             104,502
 Neil C O'Brien      20,820             109,606
 Alan Bultitude         624                 624
 Andrew Carter        2,163               2,163
 John Cummings        2,082               2,082
 Barry Gallihawk      3,123               3,123
 David Graham         2,602               2,602
 William Kellie       3,747               3,747
 Martin Knott         5,552               5,552
 Denis Martin         5,205               5,205
 Simon Richards       6,246               6,246
 Claudio Veritiero    4,996               4,996
 Colin Warbey         1,197               1,197
 Mark Whitworth       7,772               7,772


PSP

Awards were also made under the PSP to Directors as follows:-

Director              Share Awards under PSP      Total Awards Held under PSP

Steve J Corcoran      40,260                      88,118
Andrew C Simpson      29,280                      74,745
Neil C O'Brien        27,450                      63,344

Both Awards under the PSP and Matching Share Awards under the CIP will normally
be exercisable (to the extent performance targets are met) within a 90 day
period following the announcement of the Company's results for the year ending
31 March 2008.


                                     -ends-


Enquiries:
Speedy Hire Plc
Frank Dee, Chairman Remuneration Committee
Neil O'Brien, Group Finance Director
Tel: [phone]


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange