Additional Listing

GB Group PLC
17 March 2005



                          GB Group Plc (the 'Company')

                   Exercise of Options and Additional Listing

The Company announces today that two former employees and one current employee
of the Company have exercised options over a total of 45,000 ordinary shares of
2.5p each in the Company ('Shares') under the Company's Executive Share Option
Scheme. The exercise prices of the options are as follows:

30,000 shares at 8.45 pence per share;
10,000 shares at 19.5 pence per share; and
5,000 shares at 30 pence per share.

Accordingly, an application has been made for 45,000 new Shares to be admitted
to the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's
market for listed securities and dealings are expected to commence on 22 March
2005.

Following this transaction the number of shares in issue will be 80,066,707.


For further information please contact:

John Constantin 01244 657333
Company Secretary

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