Holding in Company

Boot(Henry) PLC 24 January 2001 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Henry Boot PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 In respect of the holding of the shareholder named in (2) above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 861278 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 250,000 6) Percentage of issued class 0.985% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 10) Date of transaction Not indicated 11) Date company informed 23 January 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 1,350,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.32% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Mr A P Cooper Tel 0114 255 5444 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Mr G W Hawksley Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification .24 January .2001.....

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