Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

30 Sep 2005 17:15

GUS PLC30 September 2005 GUS PLC ("THE COMPANY") DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The Company has been notified of the following transactions in its Ordinaryshares by John Saunders (a person discharging managerial responsibilities): a) Sale of shares • On 29 September 2005, Mr Saunders sold 24,482 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 853.2993p per share. • On 30 September 2005, Mr Saunders sold 15,573 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 846.6184p per share. These were matching shares awarded in 2002 in accordance with the terms of The GUS Co. Investment Plan and released to Mr Saunders on 30 September 2005. Following these sales, Mr Saunders held 65,549 shares in the Company whichrepresented 0.01% of its issued Ordinary share capital (excluding Treasuryshares). b) Exercise of share options and subsequent sale On 30 September 2005, Mr Saunders exercised options in respect of 137,339Ordinary shares in the Company. These options comprised: • Options in respect of 91,398 shares granted on 11 June 2001 at a price of 612.7p per share. • Options in respect of 45,941 shares granted on 6 June 2002 at a price of 653.0p per share. Following this exercise Mr Saunders sold these 137,339 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 848.4003p per share. Notifications of these transactions were received by the Company on 29 and 30 September 2005 and were made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a). Name and signature of duly authorised officer: Paul Cooper Date of notification 30 September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange