Holding(s) in Company

Creston PLC
10 January 2008




TR-1:               NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

CRESTON GBP0.10


                     2. Reason for the Notification 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )


 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):



 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different):

09/01/2008
 


6. Date on which issuer notified:

10/01/2008



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

12%
 

8. Notified details:

TOTAL
 


                        A: Voting rights attached to shares
 
Class/Type of shares            Situation previous to  
                                the Triggering         
                                transaction        

                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 

0444028                6,264,271              6,264,271

 



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Class/type of shares  Number of shares   Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  

                      Direct             Direct     Indirect        Direct    Indirect  

0444028               5,000              5,000      6,876,271       0.01      12.36
                                      






                             B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial                    Period/ Date        rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           

 



Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 

6,881,271                     12.37%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:




Name of the Company/Fund          Number of Shares     % of issued share capital

AXA Rosenberg                          854,398                   1.53541
Indirect   

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd         5,000                   0.00899
Direct


AXA Framlington                        450,000                   0.80868
Xerox Final Salary Pension Scheme     
Indirect


AXA Framlington                        264,000                   0.47442
Islington Group Pension Scheme        
Indirect


AXA Framlington                        550,000                   0.98838
SEI UK Equity                        
Indirect


AXA Framlington                      2,600,000                   4.67236
Throgmorton Trust 
Indirect


AXA Framlington                      1,100,000                   1.97677
UK Smaller Companies
Indirect


AXA Framlington                        314,480                   0.56514
BAE Systems Pensions 
Fund CIF Trustees
Indirect


AXA Framlington                        130,699                   0.23487
BAE Systems 2000 Pensions Fund
Indirect


AXA Framlington
EDF Energy Group                       612,694                   1.10105
Indirect


                     Total Direct        5,000                   0.00899
                   Total Indirect    6,876,271                  12.35708
                            TOTAL    6,881,271                  12.36606





Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of the proxy holder:


 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 

13. Additional information:


 

14. Contact name:

Terry Marsh
 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637





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