Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

Notification under paragraphs 3.1.2R to 3.1.4R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ("Hill & Smith" or the "Company") announces that it has been notified of the following exercise of employee share options by Mark Pegler, Group Finance Director of Hill & Smith, under its 2005 Employee ShareSave Scheme.

Mark Pegler acquired 3,902 ordinary shares on 24 May 2012, through the exercise of his ShareSave options at an option price of 246.00 pence per share following the maturity of the ShareSave grant made in 2008.

As a result of this exercise of ShareSave options Mark Pegler now has a beneficial interest in 22,902 ordinary shares of the Company and conditional performance LTIP awards for 242,360 ordinary shares of the Company.

Enquiries:

John Humphreys

Company Secretary

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

Tel: 44 121 704 7430