Directors' Shareholdings

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21 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 2,679,404
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company. The notification from Abacus
was dated 20 March 2007.

As announced on 14 March, the holding at that date was 2,719,648 Ordinary
shares. Since then 40,244 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

21 March 2007


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