Trading Update

GB Group PLC 14 April 2008 Embargoed until 07.00 14 April 2008 GB GROUP PLC ('GB' or the 'Group') TRADING UPDATE GB Group plc, the UK's leading identity management business, announces a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2008. Overview The Group has completed a year of good progress and expects to record significant revenue growth in the second half of the financial year to approximately £11.5 million (2007: £7.9 million), an increase of 45% compared to the corresponding period last year. The Group's investment in infrastructure and people, to continue the development of its electronic age and identity verification business, has continued. The substantial uplift in revenue from this business has more than offset these additional costs and the Group is expected to generate profit before tax in the second half of the financial year of approximately £0.6 million (2007: £0.6 million loss). Results for the full year are expected to show revenue growth of approximately 30% to £19.4 million (2007: £14.9 million) and a significant narrowing of full year loss (before tax and after the charge for share based payments of £0.2 million) to approximately £0.4 million (2007: £1.2 million loss). Further highlights for the year to 31 March 2008 are as follows: • Growth during the year came principally from a strong performance in GB's DataAuthentication business which is expected to record an increase in revenue of approximately 58%. Revenue growth has come both from new clients which were signed during the year, including Blyk and Ladbrokes, and increased usage by existing clients. • GB's DataIntegrity and DataSolutions businesses are expected to generate an increase in revenues of approximately 16% compared to the previous year. Identity management and integration with DataAuthentication are becoming more important themes for these businesses. • Cash balances were £4.3 million at 31 March 2008 (2007: £5.2 million). Outlook The Group is seeing increasing evidence of a move from manual to electronic methods of identity verification. Additionally, a new industry sector is emerging that deals with how businesses verify and manage the identity of their customers to minimise fraud and regulatory risk. GB has the capability to continue its lead in this emerging sector and will invest accordingly to maximise this opportunity over the long term. The Group will provide further details of its trading performance at the time of its preliminary results announcement, which is expected to be released in late May 2008. - Ends - GB Group plc 01244 657333 Richard Law, Chief Executive Mona Navin-Mealey, Finance Director Weber Shandwick Financial 020 7067 0700 Ian Bailey Rachel Martin Hannah Marwood Website www.gb.co.uk Notes to Editors About GB Group plc GB Group believes that identity matters. Specialising in understanding consumer identity, GB enables its clients to make more informed business decisions and to communicate and interact more effectively with its customers through a deeper understanding of their identity and behaviour. Utilising its proprietary technology, GB can protect, predict and provide information that is used to maximise customer value for some of the UK's largest organisations. GB offers solutions that assist organisations to capitalise on the value of their customers at every point of contact. GB has three complementary offerings: •Identity Capture and Maintenance (DataIntegrity) - providing accurate contact information •Identity Verification (DataAuthentication) - combating identity fraud, money laundering and under-age gambling •Identity Analysis (DataSolutions) - understanding, targeting and retaining profitable customers GB is listed on the London Stock Exchange (GBG). For more information, please visit GB Group's website: www.gb.co.uk. GB Group - because identity mattersTM This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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