Result of Open Offer

Creightons PLC 8 March 2000 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND CREIGHTONS PLC ('CREIGHTONS' OR THE 'COMPANY') RESULTS OF OPEN OFFER OF UP TO 29,814,784 NEW ORDINARY SHARES 86.7 % TAKE UP OF OPEN OFFER Creightons announces that at 3.00 pm on 7 March 2000, valid applications under the Open Offer to qualifying shareholders detailed in the circular to shareholders of Creightons dated 15 February 2000 had been received in respect of 25,839,243 new ordinary shares, representing approximately 86.7 per cent of the 29,814,784 new ordinary shares subject to the Open Offer. The balance of 3,975,541 new ordinary shares not taken up by qualifying shareholders under the Open Offer will be placed by Seymour Pierce Limited under the terms of the underwriting agreement. Dealings in the new ordinary shares are expected to commence on Monday 13 March 2000. The extraordinary general meeting of Creightons to approve, inter alia, the Open Offer is to be held at the offices of KPMG, 1 Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3PD at 11.00 am on Thursday 9 March 2000. Enquiries: Creightons PLC 0207 796 6090 Roger Lane-Smith Strand Partners Limited Tony Rawlinson 0207 409 3494 Seymour Pierce Limited John Depasquale 0207 648 8730 Strand Partners Limited and Seymour Pierce Limited, each of which is regulated by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited, are acting exclusively for Creightons plc and no-one else in connection with the Open Offer described in this announcement and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to customers of Strand Partners Limited or Seymour Pierce Limited in respect of the contents of this announcement or any transaction referred to herein.