Director Shareholding

Holidaybreak PLC
06 June 2005


6 June 2005

                        Holidaybreak plc ('the Company')

Holidaybreak plc announces that the following directors have today been granted
'B' options under the Holidaybreak plc 1996 Unapproved Share Option Scheme:

Director                                No. of 'B' Options           Option Price

Richard Westaway Atkinson                           19,631                 624p
Robert Gregory Baddeley                             12,219                 624p
Matthew James Cheetham                              14,022                 624p
Nicholas Pury Cust                                  13,621                 624p
Mark Christopher Wray                               13,621                 624p
Simon John Tobin                                    12,019                 624p

The exercise of the option is subject to achievement of performance criteria in
which the increase in earnings per share measured over a fixed period of five
financial years beginning from the commencement of the financial year in which
the grant of the option takes place must be at least 15% above the increase in
the Retail Price Index measured over the same period. Subject to the performance
criteria being met, the options are exercisable from 1 October 2009 to 5 June
2015. Following the above grant of options the directors have an interest in the
share capital of the Company as follows:

Director                                  No. of shares          No. of Options

Richard Westaway Atkinson                      735,293                 249,500
Robert Gregory Baddeley                         30,000                 141,978
Matthew James Cheetham                               1                  65,410
Nicholas Pury Cust                               3,844                 145,668
Mark Christopher Wray                            6,076                 147,841
Simon John Tobin                                   nil                 136,271





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