Speedy Hire Plc

("Speedy Hire", "the Company" or "the Group")

Directorate Change

Speedy Hire, the UK and Ireland's leading provider of tools, specialist equipment and services, announces the appointment of Andrew McNaughton CBE to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 July 2026.  He will also serve as a member of the Audit & Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees of the Board from that date.

Andrew has over 40 years' experience in the construction and infrastructure sectors and is currently a Non-Executive Director and advisor to several infrastructure and capital intensive industrial companies. A Chartered Civil Engineer, he was previously the CEO of Balfour Beatty Plc, the international construction and engineering organisation and Chief Operating Officer of Systra SA, French owned global transportation engineering company. Most recently, he was an Executive Director of AWE plc, a nuclear security business. Andrew is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers

As previously announced, David Garman, Non-Executive Director, will step down from the Board at the forthcoming AGM.

David Shearer, Chairman, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Andrew to the Board. His extensive knowledge and experience of the markets and sectors we work in and his operational and plc experience will further strengthen and broaden the expertise of the Board."

The Company confirms that there is no further information required to be disclosed under UKLR 6.4.8R.

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Notes to Editors:  Founded in 1977, Speedy Hire is the UK's leading provider of tools and equipment hire services to a wide range of customers in the construction, infrastructure, industrial, and support services markets, as well as to local trade, and retail. The Group provides complementary support services through the provision of training, asset management and compliance services. Speedy is certified nationally to ISO50001, ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO17020*, ISO27001 and ISO45001. The Group operates from 128 Service Centres and on-site locations across the UK and Ireland and through a joint venture in Kazakhstan.

*Lloyds British National Contracts only.