AGM & Trading Update

Boot(Henry) PLC
17 May 2007


Issued by Citigate Dewe Rogerson Ltd on behalf of Henry Boot PLC
Date: Thursday 17 May 2007
                                                               Immediate Release

                                 HENRY BOOT PLC

                   Annual General Meeting and Trading Update
                 Extraordinary General Meeting and Bonus Issue

At the Annual General Meeting of Henry Boot PLC held today, Thursday 17 May 2007
, John Reis, Chairman, addressed Shareholders and said:

'My statement on the Group's 2006 results and its prospects was set out in the
2006 Preliminary Statement of Results announced on 21 March 2007. As I
indicated, the Group remains very well positioned to continue to capitalise on
its broadly based portfolio of assets and opportunities.

'I would, however, like to update Shareholders on current trading.

'I am pleased to report that the Group has made a good start to the year and
trading in the first four months of the financial year has been in-line with
management expectations.

'Profitability for the year as a whole will, as last year, be somewhat biased
towards the second half year, with key land transactions and property
development completions forecast to take place towards the end of the financial
year. As Shareholders will be aware, the precise timing of any transaction
completion is always difficult to predict and, therefore, it is our intention,
as we clarify their timing, to provide further updates to Shareholders and the
market as appropriate.

'I would like to take this opportunity also to highlight a selection of key
achievements by the Group during the last four months, in particular:

   •At Henry Boot Developments a detailed planning application has been
    submitted for a 150,000 sq.ft mixed-use scheme in Grimsby, which will
    include retail units, a water sports centre, 25 apartments and a 290 space
    car park. Also, the first 60 acres have been purchased as part of the phased
    development of the 200-acre business park at Markham Vale, Derbyshire and we
    expect building work to commence later in the year.

   •At Hallam Land Management: planning applications have been submitted for
    a number of projects across the Country including:

    - a five-megawatt wind farm in County Durham;
    - the first phase of development in Worcester for 187 dwellings;
    - 316 dwellings at Rushpool Farm, Mansfield;
    - a 32-acre option secured on land south of Derby close to another larger
      optioned site that we are currently promoting for residential development.

   •At Henry Boot Construction: the £8 million contract to build a combined
    garden centre and retail complex for Dobbies Garden Centres, just south of
    Sheffield, is progressing well and, as part of its work for the Decent Homes
    Initiative, a £5.5 million refurbishment programme covering two,
    multi-storey residential tower blocks in Hull has commenced.

I look forward to reporting further on our progress at the time of the Group's
Interim results, scheduled to be announced at the end of August.'

Annual General Meeting
All Resolutions put to the Meeting were duly passed by Shareholders.

Extraordinary General Meeting and Bonus Issue
At an Extraordinary General Meeting held following the Annual General Meeting,
Shareholders approved the Bonus Issue of 4 Ordinary Shares for every 1 Ordinary
Share currently held. The new Bonus Shares will rank pari-passu with the
existing Ordinary Shares, with the exception that they will not qualify for the
2006 final dividend of 16.6 pence, approved by Shareholders at the Annual
General Meeting, which will be paid on 24 May 2007.

It is expected that the new Bonus Shares will be admitted to the Official List
and dealings will commence on Monday 21 May 2007.

Details of all the Resolutions can be found in the Notices of the AGM and EGM
which have previously been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for inspection
at its Document Viewing Facility.


For further information, please contact:
Henry Boot PLC
Jamie Boot, Group Managing Director
John Sutcliffe, Group Finance Director
Tel: [phone]
www.henryboot.co.uk

Evolution Securities Limited

Joanne Lake
Tel: [phone]

Citigate Dewe Rogerson

Fiona Tooley
Tel: [phone] or 0121 455 8370



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