Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
23 August 2005


                                      GUS plc
                                  ('THE COMPANY')

                              DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ('Abacus') that
Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust, holds 14,375,717 Ordinary shares
of 25p each in the Company at today's date. As announced on that day, the
holding at 3 August 2005 was 14,417,047 shares and since then 41,330 shares have
been released in connection with the exercise of options granted under The North
America Stock Option Plan.


Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of this ESOP and 
accordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to change 
their interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company.





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