Grant of share options

Petards Group PLC
18 January 2006




                  Petards Group plc ('Petards' or 'the Company')

                             Grant of share options


The Company announces that the following grants of options over new ordinary
shares in the Company were made on 17 January 2006 to the directors of Petards
listed below.



1.         Grants made under the Petards Group plc Enterprise Management Incentive Plan:

Name                        Number of options          Exercise                       Exercise period
                                                          price

Bill Conn                           1,523,115                1p               17.01.2009 - 16.01.2016
Andy Wonnacott                      1,984,665                1p               17.01.2009 - 16.01.2016



2.                  Grants made under the Petards 2001 Unapproved Share Option Plan:

Name                        Number of options          Exercise                       Exercise period
                                                          price

David Hayes                         2,798,730                1p               17.01.2009 - 16.01.2016




The exercise of all of the options granted is subject to the satisfaction of
performance criteria.





18 January 2006



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