12 February 2009

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC 

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, the international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets, will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2008 on Tuesday 10 March 2009.  

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Derek Muir, Group Chief Executive	Tel:   44 (0)121 704 7430
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Chris Hardie	Tel:   44 (0)20 7398 1639
Arden Partners plc
John Olsen / Barnaby Fry / Vicky Watkins	Tel:   44 (0)20 7357 9477
Hogarth Partnership Limited

Notes to Editors

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC is an international group with leading positions in the design, manufacture and supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets. It serves its customers from facilities in the UK, France, USA, Thailand and China.

The Group's operations are organised into three business segments:

Infrastructure Products which supplies products and services such as permanent and temporary road safety barriers, street lighting columns, bridge parapets, temporary car parks, "GRP" railway platforms, variable road messaging solutions, traffic data collection systems, plastic drainage pipes and pipe supports for the power and LNG markets.

Galvanizing Services which provides galvanizing services for a wide range of products including fencing, lighting columns, structural steel work, bridges, agricultural and other products for the infrastructure and construction sectors.

Building and Construction which supplies roofing systems, safety handrails and flooring, lintels and doors in steel and, increasingly, composite materials, with a range of uses including large infrastructure projects involving schools and other public buildings.

Headquartered in the UK and quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HILS.L), Hill & Smith Holdings PLC employs some 3,400 staff across 54 sites in 5 countries. In the year to 31 December 2007, it generated revenues of £402 million.