Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3310P

Guinness Peat Group PLC

23 March 2009

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

Change of Directors' Interests

Guinness Peat Group ("GPG" or the "Company") announces the following changes in directors' interests following the exercise of share options by two of its directors and a disposal by Gary Weiss on the same day:

1.	Interests in the ordinary shares of GPG

			Date	Acquired on exercise of options			Shares sold		Current Total at 20 March 2009

	Gary Weiss		19 March 2009	1,348,737			(1,200,000)		15,411,443
	Blake Nixon		20 March 2009	259,366			-		12,020,076


2.	Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes

	As a result of these exercises of share options, these directors' interests in the Company's share options are now as follows:

			Total Number of Options at 20 March 2009			Exercise Prices		Dates Exercisable Between

	Blake Nixon	14,138,599			Between 20.57p - 67.47p			02/09/04 - 10/04/2018
	Gary Weiss	14,610,191			Between 20.57p - 67.47p			02/09/04 - 10/04/2018


3.	Dr Weiss's interest in the shares of Capral Ltd (a subsidiary company of GPG listed on the Australian Securities Exchange) remain 93,255 Ordinary Shares and 241 Convertible Notes.