Directors' Shareholdings

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07 February 2007


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                            DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company has today been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited
('Abacus') that Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust ('the Trust'), now
holds 3,639,020 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company. The
notification from Abacus was dated 7 February 2007.

As announced on 30 January, the holding at that date was 3,867,609 ordinary
shares. Since then 228,589 ordinary shares have been released in connection with
the exercise of options granted under GUS plc's former UK share option schemes.

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

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

7 February 2007










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