Immediate Release: Tuesday 4th August 2009

                             HARTEST HOLDINGS PLC                              

                         ("Hartest", or "the Company")                         

                          Annual Report and Accounts                           


Hartest Holdings Plc reports that its Annual Report and Accounts for the year
ended 31 March 2009 and Notice of Annual General Meeting have been sent to
shareholders and copies are available free of charge from the Company's office,
5 Lakeside Business Park, Swan Lane, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 9DN, or can be
found on the Company's website www.hartest-holdings.com.


The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Friday, 4 September
at 10:00 am at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Mitre House, 160
Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4DD.


For Further Information:


Geoff Spink, Hartest Holdings Plc         01252 749 530
Executive Chairman


William Vandyk, Astaire Securities Plc           020 7448 4400
Director