Crest Nicholson Regulatory News (CRST)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Barclays Plc

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

Barclays Bank Plc

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

07 October 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09 October 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Below 9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B8VZXT93

22,199,233

22,199,233

20,222,870

19,676,525

546,345

7.83

0.22

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Cash settled equity swap

NA

04 Nov 2014

NA

500,000

Nominal

Delta

0.20

Cash settled equity swap

NA

03 Nov 2014

NA

1,590,000

0.63

Equity Portfolio Swap

NA

22 Jun 2015

NA

14,274

0.01

Equity Portfolio Swap

NA

07 Oct 2015

NA

36,889

0.01

CFD

NA

NA

NA

358

0.00

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

22,364,391

8.89

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

James Gibson

15. Contact telephone number:

0203 555 4619