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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange