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Crest Nicholson PLC15 April 2005 FORM 8.1/8.3 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel. Use aseparate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made. Date of Disclosure15 April 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERSAND MERGERS Date of dealing14 April 2005 Dealing in (name of company)Crest Nicholson Plc 1. Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)10p Ordinary 2.Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit 4,378 - 443p 3. Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage ofclass)See schedule attached % 4. Party making disclosureCrest Nicholson Plc 5. EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1)See schedule attached OR (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund managementorganisation 6. Reason for disclosure (Note 2) (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO (ii) offeree company YES Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)3) Directors, and subsidiary company directors of Crest If category (8), explain (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of theclass of relevant securities dealt in) NO Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) aboveW.G. Hague (Also print name of signatory)W.G. HAGUE Telephone and Extension number01932 264 353 Crest Nicholson PLC ("Crest Nicholson" or the "Company") Disclosures pursuant to Rule 8.1(a) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers Appendix The Company announces that it has today been informed that ordinary shares of10p each in the Company were acquired yesterday, 14 April 2005, by and forcertain directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, as follows: Name Number of shares Price per share (p)P. Callcutt 42 443D.P. Darby 42 443S. Stone 42 443R.K. Barber 5 443K.R. Bates 9 443D.O.Clark 42 443H.E. Devy 35 443K.J. Doyle 42 443J.C. Fry 42 443J.A. Harrison 42 443P.D. Hills 42 443N.I. Hughes 42 443J.S. Ilett 42 443B.D. Ingham 18 443G.C. Milne 42 443S.J. Mogford 42 443J. Schofield 9 443P. Sebry 33 443C.J. Smith 42 443N.C. Tinker 42 443N.C. Towlson 42 443M.R. Walker 33 443I.M. White 42 443 The purchases were made pursuant to the Company's Share Incentive Plan. Each of the above named persons are associates of Crest Nicholson by virtue ofbeing directors of the Company or one of its subsidiaries. In each case, the number of shares acquired representRelated Shares:
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