Grant of Options

Cashbox PLC
26 April 2007


                    Cashbox plc ('Cashbox' or the 'Company')

                                Grant of Options

The Board of Cashbox yesterday approved the grant to Directors of options over
ordinary shares in the Company. The options were granted under the Company's EMI
Share Option Scheme and are exercisable at any time between 2 and 10 years of
the date of grant at 18p per share (being the closing mid-market price of the
Company's ordinary shares on the day preceding the date of grant). Options
granted to the Directors were as follows:

Director                    New Options
Ciaran Morton               2,000,000
David Auger                   800,000
Andy Willmott                 325,000

In addition, the Board agreed to grant Ciaran Morton a further 1,000,000 options
over ordinary shares after the EGM on 11 May 2007.

A further 250,000 options over ordinary shares were granted to operational
management on the same terms as above.

Enquiries:

Cashbox PLC                                                    0870 126 2274
David Auger, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

Threadneedle Communications                                    020 7936 9606
Josh Royston/Graham Herring

Seymour Pierce Ltd                                             020 7107 8000
Jeremy Porter


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