Directors' Shareholdings

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20 November 2006


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                            DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ('Abacus') that
Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust ('the Trust'), now holds 13,648,863
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company. The notification from Abacus
was received by the Company on 20 November.

As announced on 7 November, the holding at that date was 13,691,837 shares.
Since then there has been a reduction of 42,974 shares, which 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

20 November 2006




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