Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

(the 'Company')

4 March 2019

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC announces that the 35,000 shares it held as Treasury Shares have been transferred to the Company's Employee Benefit Trust and subsequently will be used to satisfy the vesting of Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') under the rules of the Company's Long-term Incentive Plan.

Therefore, in conformity with DTR 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market of the following:

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of at 79,133,532 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.

The Company no longer holds any shares as Treasury Shares and the figure of 79,133,532 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders of the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information contact:

Alex Henderson

Group Company Secretary

Tel: 44 (0)121 704 7430