Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

22 Jul 2005 11:06

GUS PLC22 July 2005 GUS plc ("THE COMPANY") GUS plc has received notifications of the following purchases of Ordinary sharesof 25p each in the Company made by directors on 21 July 2005 on the London StockExchange at a price of £9.03 per share. These notifications were received by theCompany on 21 July 2005 and were made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(b). Name of Number of Number of % of issued Ordinary director Ordinary Ordinary shares* shares shares now Purchased Now held purchased held Sir Victor Blank 18,000 246,000 Nil 0.02%John Coombe 5,822 8,822 Nil NilAndy Hornby 2,500 7,920 Nil NilFrank Newman 2,500 10,000 Nil NilLady Patten of Wincanton 4,000 20,370 Nil NilSir Alan Rudge 2,500 13,950 Nil NilOliver Stocken 4,000 35,500 Nil Nil * excluding Treasury shares Note - the number of Ordinary shares now held by Sir Victor Blank includes an unchanged non-beneficial interest of 3,000 Ordinary shares. All the other purchases and holdings shown above are beneficial. GUS plc REGISTER OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS AS AT 22 JULY 2005 (BENEFICIAL HOLDINGS) % ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH 22 July 2005 31 March 2005 Change 05/06 Sir Victor Blank 0.0243 243,000 225,000 18,000John Coombe 0.0009 8,822 0 8,822Terry Duddy 0.0329 328,985 151,524 177,461Andrew Hornby 0.0008 7,920 2,920 5,000Frank Newman 0.0010 10,000 7,500 2,500Lady Patten of Wincanton 0.0020 20,370 16,370 4,000John Peace 0.0505 504,799 294,154 210,645Don Robert 0.0198 197,878 0 197,878Sir Alan Rudge 0.0014 13,950 11,450 2,500Oliver Stocken 0.0036 35,500 31,500 4,000David Tyler 0.0314 313,476 182,893 130,583 0.1665 1,684,700 923,311 761,389 See Sheets 4-7 for history of holdings * See Sheet 8 for non-beneficial holdings, which in total are: 3,000 3,000 Notes: Issued share capital as at 22 July 2005 999,563,168(ordinary shares of 25p each) Shares in issue post 1993 capital events 1,005,767,948Subsequent changes are:Issued to 31 March 2005 on exercise of Share options 15,158,503 Cancelled in 2002/3 (190,000) Treasury shares purchased 2004/5 (18,640,000) Cancelled in 2004/5 (3,500,000) Issued share capital as at 31 March 2005 (excluding Treasury shares) 998,596,451 Issued in year ending to 31 March 2006 on exercise of share options 966,717 Issued share capital as at 22 July 2005 999,563,168 % held by directors :Beneficial 0.16854Non-beneficial 0.00030Total (check = 0.16884) 0.16884 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange