Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

16 Dec 2005 14:38

GUS PLC16 December 2005 GUS plc ("THE COMPANY") DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING Following approval of the share consolidation at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting held on 12 December, the number of GUS shares held by directors of theCompany has been reduced and, with the exception of Don Robert, each directorhas ceased to be interested directly in a number of GUS shares. Details of thesechanges, which were effected on the GUS register of members at the record timeof 7.01 am on 13 December, and the number of GUS Ordinary shares of 29 3/43p nowheld by directors are set out below. Notifications of these changes werereceived by the Company on 15 December and were made in accordance with DR3.1.4R(1)(b). Name of director Number of Reduction Number of % of issued Ordinary in number Ordinary Ordinary shares of of shares of shares now 25p each Ordinary 29 3/43p each held held before shares now held (excluding the share held Treasury consolidation shares) Sir Victor Blank* 246,000 34,440 211,560 0.02% John Coombe 14,500 2,031 12,469 Nil Terry Duddy 328,985 46,059 282,926 0.03% Andy Hornby 7,920 1,109 6,811 Nil Frank Newman 10,000 1,400 8,600 Nil Lady Patten ofWincanton 20,370 2,852 17,518 Nil John Peace 504,799 70,672 434,127 0.05% Don Robert** 197,878 - 197,878 0.02% Sir Alan Rudge *** 12,890 1,805 11,085 Nil Oliver Stocken **** 35,614 4,987 30,627 Nil David Tyler 313,476 43,887 269,589 0.03% Notes* The number of Ordinary shares now held by Sir Victor Blank includes a non-beneficial interest of 2,580 Ordinary shares of 29 3/43p each (reduced by 420shares from 3,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each). All the other holdings shownabove are beneficial. ** Don Robert's interests comprise deferred shares under the GUS North AmericaCo-Investment Plan and, as indicated in the EGM Circular, such shares are notadjusted to take account of the share consolidation. *** The number of Ordinary shares of 25p each held by Sir Alan Rudge before theshare consolidation takes into account a sale of 1,060 Ordinary shares of 25peach at a price of £9.0753 that took place on 13 October 2004 and was notifiedto the Company on 15 December 2005. **** The number of Ordinary shares of 25p each held by Oliver Stocken before theshare consolidation takes into account a purchase of 114 Ordinary shares of 25peach at a price of £8.57684 per share on 6 August 2004 in connection with the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This purchase was notified to the Company on 15 December 2005. Name and signature of duly authorised officer:Paul Cooper Date of notification: 16 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange