Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
29 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 15,349,500 
Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification from 
Abacus was received by the Company on 28 September 2006.

As announced on 18 September 2006, the holding at that date was 8,955,220 shares 
of 29 3/43 pence each and since then there has been an increase of 6,394,280 
shares as;

     •     7,111,066 shares previously held as treasury shares were transferred 
           to the Trust on 28 September 2006, and
     •     546,132 shares have been transferred from the Trust to a nominee on
           behalf of participants in GUS plc's UK share plans, and
     •     170,654 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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