Issue of Options

For immediate release

                           Granting of Share Options                           

Image Scan Holdings PLC (AIM: IGE) announces today that following the Board
Meeting of 14th September 2005, Mr Nicholas Fox, Dr Simon Godber and Mrs Louise
George, all being directors of the Company, have each been issued 80,000 share
options under the "Image Scan Enterprise Management Incentives Share Option
Plan".

Under the terms of the "Image Scan Enterprise Management Incentives Share
Option Plan", the share options can not be exercised before the 30th September
2008 and will expire after 29th September 2015. The exercise price is £0.15 (15
pence).

Name            No. of options granted   Existing options    Existing shares

                           

Nicholas Fox        80,000                    nil            2,486,621

Dr Simon Godber     80,000                  80,000 (1)       71,428

Louise George       80,000                  10,000 (2)       100,000

The share options were issued as part of the annual appraisal process following
recommendations to the Board. A further 193,000 share options have been issued
to staff members.

Chairman Peter Woods commented: "I am delighted to grant these options to the
executive directors and staff in recognition of their considerable forbearance
in the absence of any pay review in almost two years. Our team continues to be
extremely enthusiastic about the Company, its technology and its long term
prospects."

-ENDS-

Notes

 1. On 4th May 2000 Dr Simon Godber was granted 50,000 share options with an
    exercise price of 25p. On 1st May 2001 he was granted a further 10,000
    share options with an exercise price of 50p. On 14th March 2003 he was
    granted a further 20,000 share options with an exercise price of 51.5p.
   
 2. On 14th March 2003 Louise George was granted 10,000 share options with an
    exercise price of 51.5p.
   
For additional information, please contact:

Nicholas Fox (Chief Executive Image Scan Holdings) 01664 503 600

Toby Hall / Jade Mamarbachi (gth media) 020 7153 8039/8035