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.