HENRY BOOT PLC ('the Company')

Notification of transactions by a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company has  today been advised by Mr. Jonathan James Sykes, a Non-executive Director, that today, 22 December 2014 in London, 150,000 non-beneficial Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') in the issued share capital of the Company were sold at a price of 192 pence per share.

As a result of the above transaction, the total beneficial and non-beneficial interests of Mr. Jonathan James Sykes in the Ordinary Shares and £1 Cumulative Preference Shares ('Preference Shares') of the Company are now as follows:

Mr. Sykes's non-beneficial interests in the above Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares are held in capacity as a registered joint shareholder with Rysaffe Nominees and with Mr. P.J.M. Scott and with various members of the Reis family and as a trustee of various Reis family trusts.

Enquiries to:

R.A. Deards

Company Secretary

Henry Boot PLC

Tel.: 0114 255 5444