Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
01 February 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'), held
10,967,855 Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company at 
31 January 2006.  The notification from Abacus was received by the Company on
that day.

As announced on 20 December 2005, the holding at 16 December 2005 was
11,068,908 shares of 29 3/43 pence each and since then 101,053 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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