Exercise of Share Options

GB Group PLC
26 January 2005


26th January 2005

                                  GB GROUP PLC
                                (the 'Company')

                           Exercise of Share Options

The Company announces that on 25 January 2005, certain options over shares in
the Company were exercised as follows under the Company's Executive Share Option
Scheme:

   • Richard Law, Chief Executive, exercised his option over 80,000 shares
    (representing 0.10% of the issued share capital) in the Company at an
    exercise price of 8.45 pence per share. Following the exercise, Mr Law will
    have an interest in 587,604 shares in the Company representing 0.73% of the
    issued share capital of the Company. Mr Law retains further options over
    1,520,000 shares in the Company.

   • Mona Navin-Mealey, Group Finance Director, exercised her option over
    30,000 shares (representing 0.03% of the issued share capital) in the
    Company at an exercise price of 8.45 pence per share. Following the
    exercise, Mrs Navin-Mealey will have an interest in 350,000 shares in the
    Company representing 0.44% of the issued share capital of the Company. Mrs
    Navin-Mealey retains further options over 525,000 shares in the Company.

Both Mr Law and Mrs Navin-Mealey have indicated that it is their intention to
retain the shares allotted to them pursuant to the above exercises, although
part of their holdings may be sold in order that they are able to meet the PAYE
and National Insurance tax liabilities arising by virtue of the exercise of the
options.

An application is being made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to the
Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock's Exchange's market
for listed Securities.

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For further information, please contact:

GB Group plc
John Constantin, Company Secretary                                  01244 657333

Weber Shandwick Square Mile                             
Richard Hews                                                       020 7067 0700

Website                                                             www.gb.co.uk




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