Substantial Acquisitions of Shares Disclosure

Creightons PLC
12 April 2000

                                                      FORM SAR 5


                                       Date of disclosure.. 12TH APRIL, 2000

             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs')

                 
Date of sale..... 11TH APRIL, 2000

Sale of.......... CREIGHTONS PLC ...........(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    ORDINARY SHARES            62,690......shares       
                               N/A.........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    9,812,310 (18.98%)        ............(    %)    .............( 18.98%)


(3) Party making disclosure....... JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED  

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares ..............
          and, if different, beneficial owner............................... 

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)...... PATRICK ROPER

Telephone and extension number...... 0171 314 4785


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 01-382-9026.