Director Shareholding

Creston PLC
24 March 2005

                          Creston plc (the "Company")

                              Directors' Dealing

The Company was informed that DH Elgie, Chief executive, today purchased 17,000
ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 150 pence per share to be held in
his self invested pension fund. Following this transaction, Mr. Elgie now has a
beneficial interest in 988,301 ordinary shares representing 2.83 per cent. of
the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.



24 March 2005




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