Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sarantel Group PLC
28 April 2008


                                                                   28 April 2007

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

                             Issue of share options


The Company announces that it has today granted options over 8,180,263 ordinary
shares to directors of the Company as set out below:

Geoff Shingles    2,105,263
David Wither      3,400,000
Oliver Leisten    2,100,000
Sitkow Yeung        575,000

The options have been granted under both the Company's Enterprise Management
Incentive ('EMI')  Scheme and the Company's Inland Revenue unapproved share
option scheme for both executives and  non executives. The exercise price is
4.75 pence per share, equivalent to the closing price  on 25 April 2008. These
options may be exercised as to one third after 12 months, a further  third after
two years and the final third after three years from grant and the options shall
expire  after 10 years from grant.

On the same date, the Company reviewed the existing share options held by the
Directors, which are all substantially under-water and therefore act as a
disincentive. These share options were consequently re-granted at a price of 7
pence per share, representing a premium of approximately 47 per cent. over the
mid-market closing price on the 25 April 2007.

Following the grant of these options the directors' option holdings will be:

                    No. of Exercise price                      Exercise period
                   options 
Geoff Shingles   2,105,263          4.75p       25 April 2008 to 24 April 2018

David Wither       833,333             7p       4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014
                                                4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014
                   515,146             7p     1 March 2006 to 28 February 2016
                                                5 August 2004 to 4 August 2014
                   250,000             7p       25 April 2008 to 24 April 2018
                   711,739             7p
                 3,400,000          4.75p

Oliver Leisten       5,675             7p 26 February 2003 to 25 February 2013
                                          26 February 2003 to 25 February 2013
                   369,500             7p       4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014
                                                5 August 2004 to 4 August 2014
                   833,325             7p     1 March 2006 to 28 February 2016
                                                  18 July 2006 to 17 July 2016
                    75,351             7p       25 April 2008 to 24 April 2018
                   150,000             7p
                    38,636          24.2p
                 2,100,000          4.75p

Sitkow Yeung       150,000             7p       4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014
                                                4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014
                    75,000             7p   8 February 2006 to 7 February 2016
                                              1 March 2006 to 28 February 2016
                    75,000             7p       25 April 2008 to 24 April 2018
                    75,000             7p
                   575,000          4.75p


Enquiries:

Sarantel
David Wither, Chief Executive Officer                   01933 670 560
Sitkow Yeung, Finance Director

John East & Partners Limited                            020 7628 2200
John East/Simon Clements

College Hill                                            020 7457 2020
Adrian Duffield/ Ben Way


Notes to Editors:

Sarantel (www.sarantel.com)

Sarantel is a leader in the design of high-performance miniature antennas for
portable wireless applications including hand-held navigation, satellite radio
and laptop computers.


Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved
performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better
range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by
the body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's
antennas enable manufacturers to create innovative high-volume consumer products
incorporating technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G, GPRS, Satellite Radio
and Bluetooth.




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