Directors Interest in Shares

PZ CUSSONS PLC
08 September 2005


                                  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 number of existing Ordinary Shares of
10p each in the Company upon the terms set out in the PZ Cussons Executive Share
Option Scheme:

Director         Date of Grant      Option Price     Number of Ordinary Shares
________        ______________     _____________     _________________________

A G Calder         08.09.2005          £12.98                   21,572
G A Kanellis       08.09.2005          £12.98                   15,408
J Pantelireis      08.09.2005          £12.98                   13,867
P J Smyth          08.09.2005          £12.98                   15,871

The Company further announces that the total number of shares subject to options
granted under the PZ Cussons Executive Share Option Scheme on 8 September is
500,636 Ordinary shares.


B H Leigh
Company Secretary



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