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Guinness Peat Group PLC 04 April 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company Guinness Peat Group plc 2. Name of director Anthony Ian Gibbs 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest N/A 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) N/A 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) Director 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Grant of share Options 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 10. Percentage of issued class - 11. Class of security Ordinary 5 pence 12. Price per share N/A 13. Date of transaction N/A 14. Date company informed N/A 15. Total holding following this notification 3,297,478 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.4% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant 4 April 2005 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 4 April 2008 - 4 April 2015 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option Nil 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 500,000 Ordinary shares of 5 pence each 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 77.5 pence 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 8,781,203 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries J R Russell, Company Secretary 020 7484 3370 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification J R Russell, Company Secretary 020 7484 3370 Date of Notification 4 April 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange MC

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