Director Shareholding

Creston PLC
01 April 2005

1 April 2005





Creston Plc (the "Company")
Grant of Options


On 31 March 2005 the Board approved the following grant of options pursuant to
an agreement dated 3 January 2001, to Mr D.H Elgie a Director of the Company.


The grant of options is as a result of the issue and allotment of new ordinary
shares relating to the issue of shares in connection with the Placing and Open
Offer and Acquisition of Face Communications Limited. The details are as
follows:

Name                      Exercise      No. of options         Exercise
                            period                                Price

Don Elgie         31 March 2008-31             487,280             155p
                       March 2015

Of the options outlined above, 243,640 are performance related options, which
can be exercised after the initial exercise date provided Creston Plc's average
growth in diluted earnings per share has for two consecutive financial years
exceeded the average growth in diluted earnings per share of such competitor
companies (as specified by the Company's brokers) by greater than 10 per cent.

In addition to the options outlined above, Mr Elgie has an interest in the
following:


  • 605,060 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 96p
  • 382,380 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 110p
  • 60,657 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 114p
  • 91,145 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 113p
  • 46,752 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 139p
  • 6,930 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 136p
  • 67,477 options over ordinary shares, at an exercise price of 142p



Mr Elgie also has a beneficial interest in 997,801 ordinary shares in the
Company representing 2.88 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital of the company.






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