Director/PDMR Shareholding

Empire Online Limited
20 July 2006

Share options

Empire Online Limited ('Empire Online' or 'the Company')

Empire Online announces that the Remuneration Committee has awarded options to
certain employees, directors and consultants of the Company to acquire ordinary
shares in Empire Online, representing approximately 3.75 per cent. of the issued
share capital of the Company.

The directors of the Company who have been awarded options to acquire shares are
as follows:

Name                Date of award    Number of ordinary shares over    Exercise 
                                         which options granted          price


Noam Lanir          19 July 2006            10,000,000                   77.75p

Andrew Burns        19 July 2006              800,000                    77.75p

Richard Rosenberg   19 July 2006              150,000                    77.75p


All the above options become exercisable in 3 equal tranches on 20 July 2007, 20
July 2008 and 20 July 2009.

The awards, which are conditional in the case of certain awards, have been made
pursuant to two new share option schemes (the Empire Online Limited
Discretionary Employee Share Option Plan 2006 and the Empire Online Limited
Discretionary Consultant Share Option Plan 2006) which were adopted by the
Company on 19 July 2006 for the benefit of employees and directors of and
consultants to the Company.

These option awards recognise the long term commitment of the management team,
led by Noam Lanir, to building the business of Empire Online.

Enquiries:

Andrew Burns  [phone]




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