Director/PDMR Shareholding

Creston PLC
01 August 2005

1 August 2005





Creston Plc (the "Company")

Grant of Restricted Shares under the Creston Long Term Incentive Plan



The Company announces that on 28 July 2005 the following awards were made to
senior executives under the Creston plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in
respect of 97,744 ordinary shares of 10 pence each, which included the following
awards made to executive directors and senior management.


Name                    Position                       Number of ordinary shares

Barrie Brien            Chief Operating Officer and 
                        Chief Financial Officer               23,318

Graham Monk             Managing Director, TRA Limited        21,513



No payment was made for the grant of these awards and these restricted shares
will vest and be released to the award holders for nil cost under the rules of
the Plan.  Subject to the rules of the Plan and the satisfaction of the
performance conditions, these awards are anticipated to vest on the date of the
announcement of the preliminary results of the Company in respect of the year
ended 31 March 2008.



In addition to the award under the Plan outlined above, Mr. Brien also has an
interest in 215,422 options over ordinary shares at an exercise price of 142
pence per ordinary share and also has a beneficial interest in 11,625 ordinary
shares representing 0.03 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.




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