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

Tel: 0114 255 5444