Director Shareholding

PZ CUSSONS PLC
12 June 2003


                                 PZ Cussons Plc


                     Notification of Interests of Directors



PZ Cussons Plc (the 'Company') announces that, on the following date it was
notified by the following Directors that they had, pursuant to and subject to
the terms and conditions of the PZ Cussons Executive Share Option Scheme, been
granted an option to acquire the following numbers of existing Ordinary Shares
of 10p each and 'A' (non-voting) Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company upon
the terms set out in the PZ Cussons Executive Share Option Scheme.

  Director      Date of          Option Price    Option Price  Number of Ordinary Shares         Number of
                 Grant              Ord.           A Ord.                                  'A' Ordinary Shares
C.N. Green      12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             19,108                       19,108
A.G. Calder     12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             15,286                       15,286
G.A. Kanellis   12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             10,191                       10,191
C.Nicoloulias   12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             14,012                       14,012
P.J. Smyth      12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             11,942                       11,942
J. Spyridoulias 12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             11,146                       11,146
D.M. Whitewood  12.06.03           £8.35           £7.35             11,910                       11,910

The Company further announces that the total number of shares subject to options
granted under the PZ Cussons Executive Share Option Scheme is 278,202,139,101 of
these shares being Ordinary shares and 139,101 being 'A' (non-voting) Ordinary
shares.


Regards



AP McDermott

Company Secretary






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