Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
09 October 2006



                                    GUS plc

                                ('THE COMPANY')

                          DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS


In advance of the separation of Experian and Home Retail Group becoming
effective, the Company received notification on 6 October 2006 of the following
transactions in its Ordinary shares of 29 3/43p each by directors and persons
discharging managerial responsibility.


a) Transactions by directors of GUS plc

(notification made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(b))

i) Release of awards under the Performance Share Plan - on 4 October 2006

In June 2004 the Company made awards under its Performance Share Plan to
directors with such awards taking the form of a deferred right to acquire shares
at no cost to the participant. As indicated previously, these awards vested on
Court sanction of the Scheme to the extent that the performance conditions had
been satisfied by that date. The conditions in respect of this award were
satisfied in part. Accordingly, on 4 October 2006, following Court sanction of
the Scheme, the following transactions in the Company's shares took place:


   Name of director         Plan shares       Plan shares   Plan shares retained
                               released        sold after
                                                release *
                                            
John Peace                       79,831            32,797                 47,034

Terry Duddy                      70,377            28,913                 41,464

Don Robert                       19,108             8,760                 10,348

David Tyler                      49,369            20,282                 29,087


* The sale of shares took place on the London Stock Exchange on 4 October at a
price of 963.6486p per share to satisfy the tax and social security liabilities
falling due on the release of these shares and to cover the incidental costs of
the disposal.


The proportion of the award in respect of which the performance conditions were
not satisfied has lapsed.



ii) Release of matching awards under the GUS Co-Investment Plan - on 5 October 2006

   Name of director    Matching shares   Matching shares    Matching shares
                         released to                      retained by director
                           director        sold after
                                            release *

Terry Duddy                   59,377            24,394               34,983

David Tyler                  207,282            85,157              122,125


* The sale of shares took place on the London Stock Exchange on 5 October at a
price of 984.3417p per share to satisfy the UK tax and national insurance
liabilities falling due on the release of these shares and to cover the
incidental costs of the disposal.



b) By persons discharging managerial responsibility

(notification made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a))


i) Release of awards under the Performance Share Plan - on 4 October 2006

   Name of person          Plan shares       Plan shares    Plan shares retained
     discharging             released         sold after
     managerial                                release *
   responsibility                          

Christopher Callero             15,804             7,245                8,559

Paul Loft                       15,230             6,257                8,973

John Saunders                   18,907             7,768               11,139

Sara Weller                     22,115            22,115                    -


* The sale of shares took place on the London Stock Exchange on 4 October at a
price of 963.6486p per share. In the case of Mr Callero, Mr Loft and Mr
Saunders, the sales were made to satisfy the tax and social security liabilities
falling due on the release of these shares and to cover the incidental costs of
the disposal.


The proportion of the award in respect of which the performance conditions were
not satisfied has lapsed.


ii) Increase in number of shares held on exercise of share options


On 2 October 2006, Paul Loft exercised options in respect of 4,394 shares in the
Company. These options were granted to him on 9 February 2001 at a price of 384p
per share under the Company's SAYE share option scheme.


iii) Exercise of share options and subsequent sale


On 5 October 2006, Sara Weller exercised options in respect of 49,019 shares in
the Company. These options were granted on 24 November 2004 at a price of 867p
per share under the Company's 1998 Approved and Non-Approved Executive share
option schemes.


Following this exercise Ms Weller immediately sold these shares on the London
Stock Exchange at a price of 979.07p per share.







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