Henry Boot : Purchase of shares for the Employee Benefit Trust

HENRY BOOT PLC

Purchase of Shares by Employee Benefit Trust

Moore Street Securities Limited, the corporate trustee of the Henry Boot PLC Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') has today, 4 January 2017, purchased 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') in Henry Boot PLC at a price of 195.585 pence per share.

Following this acquisition, 623,606 Ordinary Shares in Henry Boot PLC are held by the Trust, representing 0.472% of the issued share capital of Henry Boot PLC which it uses to satisfy the share requirements of the Company's Long Term Share Incentive Plan and, occasionally, the Sharesave Plan.

Enquiries:

Darren Littlewood

Group Finance Director

Henry Boot PLC

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