Notice of Results

Creston PLC 31 May 2006 Date: 31st May 2006 On behalf of: Creston Plc For immediate release Creston Plc Notice of Preliminary Results The Board of Creston plc, the marketing services group, today announced that it will release its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2006 on Monday 26 June 2006. An analysts' presentation will be held at 0930hrs prompt on 26 June at Council Room, City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ. - ENDS - For further information: Creston Plc 020 7930 9757 Don Elgie Redleaf Communications Limited 020 7955 1410 Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen About Creston Plc Creston is fully listed on the London Stock Exchange under CRE.LN. Additional information is available on www.creston.com. Creston's audited results for the year to 31 March 2005 were released on 22 June 2005, showing a 68% rise in PBT to £3.5million (2004: £2.1million) and a 25% rise in diluted EPS to 10.56 (2004: 8.47). Creston's strategy is to build a diversified international marketing services group through a combination of organic growth and selective acquisitions. The Board's aim is to identify synergistic benefits between currently independent marketing services companies offering premium services such as market research, direct marketing, advertising, PR and other areas of marketing communications. Since January 2001, when the Company was repositioned as a marketing services group, Creston has made seven significant acquisitions, which have demonstrated growth despite challenging market conditions: December 2000 Creston becomes cash shell following disposal of property portfolio Acquisition of Marketing Sciences Limited, an international quantitative and qualitative market research company, based in Winchester January 2001 November 2001 Acquisition of The Real Adventure Marketing Communications Limited, a national direct marketing and CRM company, based in Bath December 2002 Acquisition of EMO Group Limited, a national channel marketing communications company, based in Swindon and Bristol October 2003 Acquisition of Nelson Bostock Communications Limited, a London based public relations agency September 2004 Acquisition of CML Research Limited, a London based qualitative market research business March 2005 Acquisition of DLKW Group, a London based advertising and communications group July 2005 Acquisition of Red Door Communications Ltd, a London based specialist healthcare PR agency May 2006 Acquisition of ICM Research Limited, a independent UK full service market research agency May 2006 Acquisition of Tullo Marshall Warren Limited and Columbus Communications Ltd (the sister agency of TMW), a UK direct marketing agency This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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