Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

8 Jun 2006 13:25

GUS PLC08 June 2006 GUS PLC ("THE COMPANY") DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ("Abacus") thatAbacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust ("the Trust"), now holds 10,459,040Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification fromAbacus was received by the Company on 7 June. As announced on 16 March, the holding at that date was 10,620,535 shares of 29 3/43 pence each and since then 161,495 shares have been released in connection with the exercise of options granted under The North America Stock Option Plan. In addition 1,499 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 andaccordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to changetheir interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange