Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

16 Mar 2006 16:54

GUS PLC16 March 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 10,620,535Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company. The notification fromAbacus 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 StockOption Plan. In addition 10,545 shares were purchased in connection with theCompany's Co-Investment Plans and these were then released to a Planbeneficiary. 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