Holding(s) in Company

Boot(Henry) PLC
10 April 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Henry Boot PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Post Office Pensions Trustees Limited
     PossFund Custodian Trustee Ltd

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

     PossFund (MAM) Nominees Ltd                687,669
     PossFund Nominees Limited A/c PODIRLND     690,271
     Total                                    1,377,940

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


     N/A


6)   Percentage of issued class

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     PossFund (MAM) Nominees Ltd                17,669

8)   Percentage of issued class

     0.06%

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary Shares of 10p each

10)  Date of transaction

     Not indicated

11)  Date company informed

     09 April 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

     1,360,271

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.27%

14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Mr A P Cooper

     Tel: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification



     Mr G W Hawksley

     Date of notification: 10 April 2002






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