Director/PDMR Shareholding

7 January 2019

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 531 ordinary shares in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') through the dividend reinvestment plan ('DRIP').

As a result Derek Muir now has a beneficial interest in 341,046 Ordinary Shares and holds conditional performance LTIP awards and share options over 158,128 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)

£11.497 239

(e) Aggregated information N/A

- Aggregated volume

- Price

(f) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019

(g) Place of the transaction LSE

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

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)

£11.497 292

(e) Aggregated information N/A

- Aggregated volume

- Price

(f) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019

(g) Place of the transaction LSE

Enquiries:

Alex Henderson

Company Secretary

+ (0) 121 704 7430