Director Shareholding

GUS PLC
13 April 2005                              

                                   GUS plc 
                         DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

As previously announced, John Coombe and Don Robert joined the Board of GUS on 
1 April 2005. At that date the interests of Mr Coombe and Mr Robert in the
Ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company were as follows:

•     Mr Coombe held 3,000 shares purchased on 21 January 2005.

•     Mr Robert held interests in respect of 114,769 shares in the Company
      awarded under the Co-investment Plan together with share options, awards 
      under the Performance Share Plan and contingent interests in matching
      shares under the Co-investment Plan set out in the tables below. Mr Robert
      had no other interests in the shares of the Company at the date of his
      appointment.

a) Awards to Don Robert under the North America Stock Option Plan

Date of grant     Period of      Amount paid       Number of      Exercise price
                  exercise       for grant of       shares
                                   option
06.06.02          06.06.03 to        Nil           173,151                653.0p
                  05.06.08

19.06.03          19.06.04 to        Nil           145,196                675.5p
                  18.06.09

01.06.04          01.06.05 to        Nil           134,890                809.2p
                  31.05.10

Following this notification, options are held by directors over 1,545,808 shares
in the Company.

b) Awards to Don Robert under the Performance Share Plan

Date of award     Vesting date        Number of         Share price at 
                                       shares           date of award
19.06.03           June 2006           26,619              675.5p
                                                            
01.06.04           June 2007           22,481              809.2p

Following this notification, there are such awards held by directors in respect
of 773,992 shares in the Company.

c) Contingent interests held by Don Robert in matching shares under the 
Co-investment Plan

Date of award          Number of shares
20.06.03                    56,191

11.06.04                   157,024

Following this notification, there are contingent interests held by directors in
respect of 1,598,349 shares in the Company.


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