Holding(s) in Company

Highcroft Investments PLC
09 August 2005



            Highcroft Investments PLC ('Highcroft' or the 'Company')

                    Notification of Substantial Shareholding



The Company has received notification yesterday that 2nd Country Pension Scheme,
one of D G & M B Conn and Associates, purchased 2,500 ordinary shares in
Highcroft on 3 August 2005 and 2,700 shares on 4 August 2005.


Following these purchases, D G & M B Conn and Associates now have an interest in
775,135 ordinary 25p shares of Highcroft Investments which represents 15 per
cent of the Company's current issued share capital.



09 August 2005




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