Re Contract

Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
09 January 2007




HIGHWAYS AGENCY CONTRACT WIN


Transport infrastructure and building and construction products group Hill &
Smith Holdings PLC ('Hill & Smith') has won a share in a contract worth £184.5m,
the largest of its type ever awarded by the UK Highways Agency.

The contract, to supply and install the latest motorway and trunk road variable
message signs across the country, has been won by Hill & Smith's Techspan
Systems division, a leading specialist supplier of electronic information
display systems.

Alongside two other companies, Techspan Systems will be working over a four year
period to supply, install and maintain variable message signs and motorway
signals throughout England.

The signs will appear as large or small LED matrix boards on cantilever
structures at the roadside or as overhead lane signals and many will be on busy
motorways near major cities.

David Grove, Chief Executive of Hill & Smith said: 'This win is a major
vindication for our policy of focusing on the growing and developing transport
infrastructure market.'


Further information:
David Grove, Chief Executive
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Tel: [phone]

Edward Carter or Anna McNeil
Freshwater PR and Marketing
Tel: [phone]


Note to editors:

Hill & Smith acquired Techspan Systems in 2005 in a deal worth £0.9m, as part of
its strategy of making targeted acquisitions within its technology division.





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