Director/PDMR Shareholding

GUS PLC
16 March 2006
                                                           

                                   GUS plc
                               ('THE COMPANY') 
                           DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


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 10,620,535
Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification from
Abacus was received by the Company today.


As announced on 22 February, the holding at 21 February was 10,694,972 shares    
of 29 3/43 pence each and since then 74,437 shares have been released in     
connection with the exercise of options granted under The North America Stock
Option Plan. In addition 10,545 shares were purchased in connection with the
Company's Co-Investment Plans and these were then released to a Plan
beneficiary.


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.






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
                   DD