Replacement: Transaction in Own Shares

22 September 2014 

The following replaces the announcement made at 7.00 am today (RNS Number: 1909S). The last sentence of the first paragraph should have read "The highest price paid per share was 116.0 pence and the lowest price paid was 113.0 pence per share." All other text remains unchanged. The full amended text is shown below.

Creston plc

('Creston' or 'the Group')

Replacement: Transaction in Own Shares

Creston plc (LSE: CRE), the international marketing communications group, announces that on 19 September 2014 it purchased 100,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Group at an average price of 114.5 pence per share, for transfer into treasury. The highest price paid per share was 116.0 pence and the lowest price paid was 113.0 pence per share.

Following the share buy-back the Group's issued ordinary share capital consists of 61,337,338 ordinary shares of which a total of 2,046,383 ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in Creston is 59,290,955 ordinary shares.

The above figure of 59,290,955 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Creston under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About Creston plc

Creston plc (LSE: CRE) is an international marketing communications group that leverages the strength of its agencies' collective expertise and knowledge across insight, technology and creativity to drive transformational growth for its clients through thinking and ideas that connect brands to customers. The Group delivers a range of marketing services, including advertising, CRM, digital and direct marketing, health communications, local marketing, market research, PR and social media marketing to a broad spectrum of blue-chip global clients. www.creston.com