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Guinness Peat Group PLC 15 March 2006 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company Guinness Peat Group plc 2. Name of director Blake Andrew Nixon 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Director: Beneficial 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Blake Andrew Nixon 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) - 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Exercise of Options 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 673,754 8. Percentage of issued class 0.07% 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 10. Percentage of issued class - 11. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 5p each 12. Price per share 27.0923 pence 13. Date of transaction 14 March 2006 14. Date company informed 14 March 2006 15. Total holding following this notification 7,918,910 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.83% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant N/A 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number N/A 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries J R Russell 020 7484 3370 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification J R Russell 020 7484 3370 Date of Notification 15 March 2006 J R Russell 020 7484 3370 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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