Award of Options

API Group PLC
07 June 2005

API Group PLC (the 'Company')

The Company announces that on 6 June 2005 David Walton (Chief Executive Officer
of the Company) was awarded options over 266,666 ordinary shares of 25p each in
the Company under the API Group plc Unapproved Share Option Plan 2002 at an
exercise price of 136p per option. These options are exercisable, subject to the
attainment of the relevant performance conditions, between 6 June 2008 and 6
June 2015.

Following this award David Walton holds options over 837,986 shares; comprising
45,801 options issued under the API Group plc Approved Share Option Plan 2002
and 792,185 options issued under the API Group plc Unapproved Share Option Plan
2002.

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