Award of Share Options

GB Group PLC 06 June 2005 6 June 2005 GB Group plc Notification of Directors' Interests in the Share Capital of GB Group plc GB Group plc (the 'Company') hereby gives notice that the following options over Shares in Company were awarded today: •Richard Law, Chief Executive, was awarded an option over 200,000 Ordinary 2.5p Shares in Company. The exercise price of the option is 35.75 pence per share and the option will be exercisable (subject to the rules of the Company Share Option Scheme) between 6 June 2008 and 5 June 2015. Following this notification, Mr Law had options over 1,720,000 Ordinary 2.5p Shares in the Company. •Mona Navin-Mealey, Group Finance Director, was awarded an option over 50,000 Ordinary 2.5p Shares in Company. The exercise price of the option is 35.75 pence per share and the option will be exercisable (subject to the rules of the Company Share Option Scheme) between 6 June 2008 and 5 June 2015. Following this notification, Mrs Navin-Mealey had options over 575,000 Ordinary 2.5p Shares in the Company. For further information, please contact: GB Group plc John Constantin, Company Secretary 01244 657333 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange