Director Shareholding

Screen PLC
01 May 2003



Screen plc ('Screen' or 'the Company')


Grant of Share Options to Directors


Screen , a leading provider of advanced security and communication systems
focused on homeland security, announces that on 22 April 2003, the Company
granted, in aggregate, options over 4,265,104 ordinary shares in the Company to
Directors of the Company as described below:

Name of Director   Number     Option scheme   Exercise price   Exercise period

Adrian Merryman    1,264,516   Enterprise     7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
                               Management                       21/4/2013
                               Incentive
                               scheme
                               
Adrian Merryman    1,201,491   Unapproved     7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
                               scheme                           21/4/2013
                             
Dr Geoffrey          616,502   Enterprise     7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
Carswell                       Management                       21/4/2013
                               Incentive
                               scheme

Ian Taylor           533,548   Option         7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
                               Agreement                        21/4/2013

Timothy Sulivan      215,499   Option         7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
                               Agreement                        21/4/2013

Timothy Wightman     433,548   Option         7.75 pence        22/4/2006 to 
                               Agreement                        21/4/2013


Exercise of the options granted is conditional on the Company achieving certain
financial targets.


In addition, further share options were granted on the same day to other key
employees under the Enterprise Management Incentive scheme, over a total of
508,251 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 7.75 pence.


Following these grants the Company has a total of 5,324,433 ordinary shares
under option, which represents 9.45 per cent of the Company's existing issued
ordinary share capital.





1 May 2003






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