Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

17 Aug 2006 08:36

GUS PLC17 August 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 9,468,073Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification fromAbacus was received by the Company on 16 August. As announced on 21 June, the holding at that date was 9,715,704 shares of29 3/43 pence each and since then there has been a reduction of 247,631 sharesas: o 47,539 shares have been transferred to a nominee on behalf of participants in GUS plc's UK share plans, and o 200,092 shares have been released in connection with the exercise of options granted under The North America Stock Option Plan. 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