Director Shareholding

GUS PLC
25 July 2002

                                   GUS plc
                              ('THE COMPANY')

GUS plc has received notification of the following purchases of Ordinary shares
of 25p each in the Company made today by directors at a price of £4.815 per
share:

            Name of director               Number of            Number of
                                        Ordinary shares      Ordinary shares
                                           purchase             now held

Sir Victor Blank (see note 1)                   15,000           198,000

Lord Harris of Peckham (see Note 2)              2,500            34,700

Lady Patten of Wincanton                         4,000             8,370

Frank Newman                                     2,500             2,500

Sir Alan Rudge                                   2,500             6,450

Oliver Stocken                                   4,000            16,621

Note 1. The number of Ordinary shares now held by Sir Victor Blank includes an
unchanged non-beneficial interest of 3,000 Ordinary shares.

Note 2.  The number of Ordinary shares now held by Lord Harris of Peckham
includes an unchanged non-beneficial interest of 25,000 Ordinary shares.         
          


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