Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
04 October 2005

                                      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, holds 14,079,751 Ordinary shares
of 25p each in the Company at today's date. As announced on that day, the
holding at 9 September 2005 was 14,101,208 shares and since then:

    •     As previously announced, 3,385 shares have been purchased (at a price of
          853p per share); and

    •     24,842 shares have been transferred to a nominee on behalf of participants
          in the Company's Co-investment Plan.

Both these transactions took place on 30 September 2005.

Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of this ESOP 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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