ADW Addworth

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Addworth PLC
28 September 2007


28 September 2007



                                  ADDWORTH PLC



        Granting of Share Options to Directors and Staff of Addworth Plc
                         ("Addworth" or the "Company")



As envisaged on page 9 of the Company's original Admission Document dated 28
January 2005, the Board has today approved the adoption of a Share Option Scheme
to enable the grant of options to Addworth's directors and staff as a reward for
their contribution to the success of the business to date.



The following options, to acquire ordinary shares in Addworth at a subscription
price of 3p per ordinary share over a seven year period from a vesting date of
28 September 2010, have today been granted to the following directors:



Mark Watson-Mitchell                                  10,000,000
Melissa Gilmour                                        2,500,000
Albert Collins                                         1,000,000
Rob Painting                                           1,000,000
Tony Scutt                                             1,000,000



It was considered that options be granted to the non-executive directors, in
addition to the executive directors and employees of the Company, in recognition
of their hands-on work in connection with the establishment of the Company and
successful introduction and management of business during that period.



Various members of staff have been granted an aggregated total of 1,500,000
options to subscribe on the same terms as the director's options above, bringing
the total number of options granted under the Share Option Scheme to 17,000,000.



                                     -Ends-



For further information:


Mark Watson-Mitchell, Executive Chairman                      Tel: 020 7368 8750
Addworth plc
www.addworth.co.uk

Hugh Oram, Nominated Adviser                                  Tel: 020 7710 7400
Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited



Note to Editors



Addworth (AIM: ADW), which gained admission to AIM on 3rd February 2005, was
formed primarily to act as an 'active capital investor'. The focus is upon the
growth of capital value and the generation of fee income from: establishing and
funding newly quoted sector focused companies; acquiring and developing
companies with growth potential; and taking minority equity positions in
undervalued smaller listed companies.



In the middle of January 2007 the Company established its own insurance company
in Guernsey, Channel Islands, called Risk Transfer Insurance Company Limited.



In late January 2007 it also floated Oil and Gas Support Services plc on PLUS
Markets, a special purpose acquisition company planning to acquire companies
providing services to the global oil and as sector. In late March 2007 the
Company floated Gaming Ventures plc, an investor in the mobile and online gaming
sector. In July 2007 it floated Uranium Prospects plc, which is involved on the
funding of exploration and development of uranium prospects.




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