Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
17 August 2006



                               GUS plc
                           ('THE COMPANY') 
                      DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ('Abacus') that
Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust ('the Trust'), now holds 9,468,073
Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company.  The notification from
Abacus was received by the Company on 16 August.

As announced on 21 June, the holding at that date was 9,715,704 shares of
29 3/43 pence each and since then there has been a reduction of 247,631 shares
as:

o     47,539 shares have been transferred to a nominee on behalf of
      participants in GUS plc's UK share plans, and

o     200,092 shares have been released in connection with the exercise of
      options granted under The North America Stock Option Plan.

Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and
accordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to change
their interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company.




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