13 April 2026

Hill & Smith PLC

Completion of Freeberg Industrial Fabrication Corp. acquisition

Hill & Smith PLC ("Hill & Smith" or "the Group"), a leading provider of solutions that enhance the resilience of vital infrastructure and the built environment, is today pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Freeberg Industrial Fabrication Corp. on the terms previously announced.

For further information, please contact:

Hill & Smith PLC

Rutger Helbing, Chief Executive Officer                         Tel: +44 (0)121 704 7434

Chris McLeish, Chief Financial Officer

MHP

Reg Hoare/Rachel Farrington/Catherine Chapman           Tel: +44 (0)7801 894577

                                                                                          Email: [email protected]

Notes to Editors

Hill & Smith PLC is a leading provider of solutions that enhance the resilience of vital infrastructure and the built environment. The Group employs c.4,500 people, with the majority employed by its autonomous, agile, customer focussed operating businesses based in the UK, USA and India. The Group office is in the UK and Hill & Smith PLC is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HILS.L).

The Group's operating companies are organised into three divisions:

-       US Engineered Solutions

-       UK & India Engineered Solutions

-       Galvanizing Services

Our US Engineered Solutions businesses provide a range of composite and steel solutions for infrastructure construction including energy transmission & distribution, data centres, waterfront protection, transportation, and other industrial facilities. The division also supplies engineered supports for the water, power and liquid natural gas markets, seismic protection solutions for commercial construction, road work zone safety products and off-grid solar lighting and power solutions.

Our UK Engineered Solutions businesses supply products and services to a range of end markets including transport infrastructure, residential construction, data centres, and other industrial and commercial construction. The division also supplies hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) and off-grid solar lighting solutions. Our business in India manufactures engineered supports primarily for energy markets.

Our Galvanizing Services operations, based in the US and UK, increase the sustainability and maintenance free life of steel products including structural steelwork, lighting, bridges, and other products for infrastructure and construction end markets.