RNS Number:2605R
Hot Group PLC
23 October 2003


For immediate release

                                                                 23 October 2003

                                 HOT GROUP PLC
                         ("hot group" or the "Company")

                        GRANT OF DIRECTOR SHARE OPTIONS

hot group announces that on 16 October 2003, Douglas Woodward, a director of the
Company, was granted options over 300,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the
Company ("Shares"), under the Company's EMI Approved Share Option Plan. These
options were granted at an exercise price of 19 pence per Share and are
exercisable between October 2004 and October 2013.

Enquiries:

Tony Reeves
hot group plc
Tel: 0870 20 20 121

Steve Wright
hot group plc
Tel: 0870 20 20 121

Hugo de Salis
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd
Tel: 020 7242 4477

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