Director/PDMR Shareholding

1 Feb 2006 15:37

GUS PLC01 February 2006 GUS plc ("THE COMPANY") DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ("Abacus")that Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust ("the Trust"), held10,967,855 Ordinary shares of 29 3/43 pence each in the Company at 31 January 2006. The notification from Abacus was received by the Company onthat day. As announced on 20 December 2005, the holding at 16 December 2005 was11,068,908 shares of 29 3/43 pence each and since then 101,053 shares have beenreleased in connection with the exercise of options granted under The NorthAmerica 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