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XKO Group PLC
21 January 2004



XKO GROUP PLC

21 January 2004



Grant of Warrants



The Company announces that on 20th January, Simon Beart, CEO, was granted
warrants to subscribe for 350,000 Ordinary Shares of 25p in the equity of the
Company.  The warrants are exercisable between 20th January 2004 and 19th
January 2014 at a price of  95p per share.



The total number of warrants currently held by Simon Beart following this grant
is 1,000,000 and there are no other warrants currently in issue.  The total
number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 21st January 2004 is 27,648,314.


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