Employee Benefit Trust Purchase

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 purchased 200,000 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') in Henry Boot PLC at a price of 205.8p pence per share on 25 August 2016.

Following this acquisition, 423,606 Ordinary Shares in Henry Boot PLC are held by the Trust, representing 0.321% 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:

R A Deards

Company Secretary

Henry Boot PLC

Tel: 0114 255 5444