Director/PDMR Shareholding

Guinness Peat Group PLC
22 May 2007


                            GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG") announces the change in directors' interests
following the issue of shares pursuant to the 2007 Scrip Dividend Alternative on
18 May 2007 as follows:

Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc

                                            Allotment     Current Total

Sir Ron Brierley                              342,399        36,817,258
Graeme Cureton                                 27,530         2,229,890
Tony Gibbs                                     55,738         5,127,223
Blake Nixon                                   110,093         8,947,839
Gary Weiss                                      1,586        11,999,248

Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG remain
as follows:

Interests in Capral Aluminium Ltd (listed on the Australian Stock Exchange)

Gary Weiss                                    93,255 Ordinary Shares
                                                 241 Convertible Unsecured Notes
Graeme Cureton                               175,000 Ordinary Shares
                                                 371 Convertible Unsecured Notes

Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New
Zealand Stock Exchange)

Tony Gibbs                                    72,086



Richard Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: [phone]


22 May 2007


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