Employee Benefit Trust

National Express Group PLC
25 August 2005



The independent trustee of the National Express Group Employee Benefit Trust
(the 'Trust') notified the Company today that it had today transferred 157
ordinary 5p shares at £4.17 to satisfy the exercise of options by employees
under the Company's Savings Related Share Option Scheme.


Following this transaction the Trust holds a total of 1,157,023 shares in the
Company in which the executive directors of the Company, Messrs P.M. White, R.
O'Toole and A.C. Walker are deemed to be technically interested for Companies
Act purposes.  They were not however connected with the above transactions.


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