Heath(Samuel) & Sons PLC 24 October 2005 Samuel Heath & Sons plc (the "Company") Holding in Company Pursuant to section 212 of the Companies Act 1985, the Company received notification on the 18th October 2005 that following recent purchases of 14,000 ordinary shares with a par value of 10 pence, Solid Brass AB now holds 191,500 ordinary shares representing 7.52 per cent. of the issued share capital. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange