Holding in Company

Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
25 January 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

HILL & SMITH HOLDINGS PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FRAMLINGTON GROUP LIMITED

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

AS ABOVE

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

225,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.38

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8) Percentage of issued class



9) Class of security

ORDINARY

10) Date of transaction

22 JANUARY 2001

11) Date company informed

24 JANUARY 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

1,881,866


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.1

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

JOAN FRESTON

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
HOWARD EVERETT - COMPANY SECRETARY


Date of notification ...25 JANUARY.................2001.....