Employee Trust Purchase

Boot(Henry) PLC
20 November 2007



HENRY BOOT PLC

Purchase of Shares by Employee Trust

Moore Street Securities Limited, the corporate trustee of the Henry Boot PLC
Employee Trust ('the Trust'), has purchased 50,000 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence
each ('Ordinary Shares') in Henry Boot PLC ('the Company').  As a consequence of
this purchase, the Trust now holds 2,191,420 Ordinary Shares in the Company
which it uses to satisfy the share requirements of the Company's Long Term Share
Incentive Plans and Savings Related Share Option Scheme.



Enquiries:

J.T. Sutcliffe
Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
Henry Boot PLC
Tel.: [phone]




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