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Guinness Peat Group PLC 13 November 2006 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company Guinness Peat Group plc 2. Name of director Graeme J Cureton 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 Director: Beneficial 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Graeme J Cureton 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) - 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Exercise of share options 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired and exercise price 1,347,320 @ 24.87 pence per share 8. Percentage of issued class 0.12% 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed and price 500,000 @ A$2.145 per share 10. Percentage of issued class 0.04% 11. Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p each 12. Price per share See above 13. Date of transaction Disposal: 10 November 2006 Exercise of Options: 13 November 2006 14. Date company informed 13 November 2006 15. Total holding following this notification 2,065,640 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.18% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant N/A 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number N/A 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries J R Russell 020 7484 3370 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification J R Russell 020 7484 3370 Date of Notification 13 November 2006 J R Russell 020 7484 3370 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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