Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
22 July 2005

                                    GUS plc 
                                ('THE COMPANY')

GUS plc has received notifications of the following purchases of Ordinary shares
of 25p each in the Company made by directors on 21 July 2005 on the London Stock
Exchange at a price of £9.03 per share. These notifications were received by the
Company on 21 July 2005 and were made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(b).

  Name of                Number of     Number of         % of issued Ordinary     
 director                 Ordinary      Ordinary                shares*
                           shares      shares now      Purchased       Now held
                          purchased       held     


Sir Victor Blank           18,000       246,000            Nil          0.02%
John Coombe                 5,822         8,822            Nil            Nil
Andy Hornby                 2,500         7,920            Nil            Nil
Frank Newman                2,500        10,000            Nil            Nil
Lady Patten of Wincanton    4,000        20,370            Nil            Nil
Sir Alan Rudge              2,500        13,950            Nil            Nil
Oliver Stocken              4,000        35,500            Nil            Nil

* excluding Treasury shares
          
Note -    the number of Ordinary shares now held by Sir Victor Blank includes an 
          unchanged non-beneficial interest of 3,000 Ordinary shares. All the 
          other purchases and holdings shown above are beneficial.

                                    GUS plc

                        REGISTER OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS
                              AS AT 22 JULY 2005                 
                            (BENEFICIAL HOLDINGS)

                              %                    ORDINARY SHARES
                                                     OF 25P EACH
                                     22 July 2005   31 March 2005  Change 05/06    

Sir Victor Blank            0.0243     243,000         225,000        18,000
John Coombe                 0.0009       8,822               0         8,822
Terry Duddy                 0.0329     328,985         151,524       177,461
Andrew Hornby               0.0008       7,920           2,920         5,000
Frank Newman                0.0010      10,000           7,500         2,500
Lady Patten of Wincanton    0.0020      20,370          16,370         4,000
John Peace                  0.0505     504,799         294,154       210,645
Don Robert                  0.0198     197,878               0       197,878
Sir Alan Rudge              0.0014      13,950          11,450         2,500
Oliver Stocken              0.0036      35,500          31,500         4,000
David Tyler                 0.0314     313,476         182,893       130,583
                            0.1665   1,684,700         923,311       761,389

See Sheets 4-7 for history of holdings

* See Sheet 8 for 
  non-beneficial 
  holdings, which 
  in total are:                          3,000           3,000

Notes:

Issued share capital as at 
22 July 2005                       999,563,168
(ordinary shares of 25p each)

Shares in issue post 1993 
capital events                   1,005,767,948
Subsequent changes are:
Issued to 31 March 2005 on 
exercise of Share options           15,158,503

Cancelled in 2002/3                   (190,000)

Treasury shares purchased 2004/5   (18,640,000)

Cancelled in 2004/5                 (3,500,000)

Issued share capital as at 
31 March 2005 (excluding 
Treasury shares)                   998,596,451

Issued in year ending to 
31 March 2006 on exercise 
of share options                       966,717

Issued share capital as 
at 22 July 2005                    999,563,168

% held by directors :
Beneficial                             0.16854
Non-beneficial                         0.00030
Total     (check = 0.16884)            0.16884



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