Award of Share Options

GB Group PLC
06 June 2005


6 June 2005

                                  GB Group plc

   Notification of Directors' Interests in the Share Capital of GB Group plc

GB Group plc (the 'Company') hereby gives notice that the following options over
Shares in Company were awarded today:

   •Richard Law, Chief Executive, was awarded an option over 200,000
    Ordinary 2.5p Shares in Company. The exercise price of the option is 35.75
    pence per share and the option will be exercisable (subject to the rules of
    the Company Share Option Scheme) between 6 June 2008 and 5 June 2015.
    Following this notification, Mr Law had options over 1,720,000 Ordinary 2.5p
    Shares in the Company.


   •Mona Navin-Mealey, Group Finance Director, was awarded an option over
    50,000 Ordinary 2.5p Shares in Company. The exercise price of the option is
    35.75 pence per share and the option will be exercisable (subject to the
    rules of the Company Share Option Scheme) between 6 June 2008 and 5 June
    2015. Following this notification, Mrs Navin-Mealey had options over 575,000
    Ordinary 2.5p Shares in the Company.


For further information, please contact:

GB Group plc
John Constantin, Company Secretary                                 01244 657333



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