Hill & Smith Regulatory News (HILS)

16 December 2025

Hill & Smith PLC

Block listing application

Hill & Smith PLC ("Hill & Smith" or "the Group"), announces that an application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the block listing of 250,000 Ordinary Shares of 25p each (the "Shares") to trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List.

The shares will be issued from time to time pursuant to the exercise of options under the Sharesave Scheme, Executive Share Option Scheme and US Employee Stock Purchase Plan. On exercise, the Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary share of the Group.

It is expected that admission of the new Shares will be effective on 18 December 2025

For further information, please contact:

Hill & Smith PLC

Karen Atterbury, Group Company Secretary Tel: 44 (0)121 704 7434

MHP

Reg Hoare/Rachel Farrington/Catherine Chapman Tel: 44 (0)7801 894577

hillandsmith@mhpgroup.com

Notes to Editors

Hill & Smith PLC is a leading provider of solutions that enhance the resilience of vital infrastructure and the built environment. The Group employs c.4,500 people, with the majority employed by its autonomous, agile, customer focussed operating companies based in the UK, USA and India. The Group office is in the UK and Hill & Smith PLC is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HILS.L).

The Group's operating companies are organised into three divisions:

- US Engineered Solutions

- UK & India Engineered Solutions

- Galvanizing Services

Our Engineered Solutions businesses manufacture and supply steel and composite solutions for a wide range of infrastructure end markets including power transmission & distribution, water and wastewater management, data centre construction, transport infrastructure, and other industrial construction.

Our Galvanizing Services operations, based in the UK and US, increase the sustainability and maintenance free life of steel products including structural steelwork, lighting, bridges, and other products for infrastructure and construction end markets.