Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
18 September 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 8,955,220
Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification from
Abacus was received by the Company on 15 September 2006.

As announced on 17 August 2006, the holding at that date was 9,468,073 shares of
29 3/43 pence each and since then there has been a reduction of 512,853 shares
as:

    •     277,781 shares have been transferred to a nominee on behalf of
          participants in GUS plc's UK share plans, and

    •     235,072 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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