Directors' Shareholdings

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14 March 2007


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                                ('the Company')

                            DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

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 2,719,648
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company. The notification from Abacus
was dated 13 March 2007.

As announced on 8 March, the holding at that date was 2,723,315 Ordinary shares.
Since then 3,667 Ordinary shares have been released in connection with the
exercise of options granted under GUS plc's former UK share option schemes.

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. However, no
director or person discharging managerial responsibility has exercised any
options and no shares were released to them. The balances of shares in respect
of their personal interests therefore remain unchanged.

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

14 March 2007




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