13 January 2020

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ('Hill & Smith' or 'the Company') announces that it has been notified that Derek Muir, Chief Executive of Hill & Smith, and Diane Muir, wife of Derek Muir, have acquired a total of 455 ordinary shares in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') through a dividend reinvestment plan ('DRIP').

As a result Derek Muir now has a beneficial interest in 367,187 Ordinary Shares and holds conditional performance LTIP awards and share options over 158,362 Ordinary Shares.

1.    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

(a)  Name                                                                                                    Derek Muir

2.    Reason for the notification

(a)  Position/status                                                                                    Chief Executive Officer

(b)  Initial notification/amendment                                                        Initial notification

3.    Details of the issuer

(a)  Name                                                                                                    Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

(b)  LEI                                                                                                          2138003A3ISGQZBOWI83

4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

(a)  Description of the Financial Instrument                                            Ordinary shares of £0.25 each

(b)  Identification code of the Financial Instrument                               GB0004270301

(c)   Nature of the transaction                                                                    DRIP

(d)  Prices(s) and volume(s)                                                                         Price(s)                                Volume(s)

             £14.6074              205

(e)  Aggregated information                                                                         N/A

-              Aggregated volume

-              Price

(f)   Date of the transaction                                                                          8 January 2020

(g)  Place of the transaction                                                                          LON

1.    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

(a)  Name                                                                                                         Diane Muir

2.    Reason for the notification

(a)  Position/status                                                                                         PCA to Chief Executive Officer

(b)  Initial notification/amendment                                                             Initial notification

3.    Details of the issuer

(a)  Name                                                                                                          Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

(b)  LEI                                                                                                                2138003A3ISGQZBOWI83

4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

(a)  Description of the Financial Instrument                                                Ordinary shares of £0.25 each

(b)  Identification code of the Financial Instrument                                  GB0004270301

(c)   Nature of the transaction                                                                        DRIP

(d)  Prices(s) and volume(s)                                                                            Price(s)                                Volume(s)

                £14.6074              250

(e)  Aggregated information                                                                          N/A

-              Aggregated volume

-              Price

(f)   Date of the transaction                                                                             8 January 2020

(g)  Place of the transaction                                                                             LON

Enquiries:

Alex Henderson

Company Secretary

0121 704 7430