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Introduction Chairmans statement CEO's review Group strategy Operational review Financial review Responsibilities and governance Financial statements Five year summary Principal subsidiary undertakings Shareholder information

Shareholder information

Ordinary shareholders
There were 49,223 holders of Ordinary shares at 31 March 2005 and their holdings can be analysed as follows:

Number of Percentage Number of Percentage
shareholders of total number Ordinary shares of Ordinary
    of shareholders '000s shares
Over 1,000,000 182 0.4 731,101 71.9
100,001 - 1,000,000 535 1.1 173,575 17.0
10,001 - 100,000 1,530 3.1 46,179 4.5
5,001 - 10,000 1,979 4.0 13,886 1.4
2,001 - 5,000 7,484 15.2 23,146 2.3
1 - 2,000 37,513 76.2 29,349 2.9
  49,223 100.0 1,017,236 100.0

Shareholders are further analysed as follows:

Number of Percentage Number of Percentage
shareholders of total number Ordinary shares of Ordinary
    of shareholders '000s shares
Corporates 11,906 24.2 949,657 93.4
Individuals 37,317 75.8 67,579 6.6
  49,223 100.0 1,017,236 100.0

Registrar
Enquiries concerning holdings of the Company's shares and notification of the holder's change of address should be referred to Lloyds TSB Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA (telephone: 0870 600 3987). A text phone facility for those with hearing difficulties is available by telephoning 0870 600 3950.

Electronic communications
Shareholders can arrange to receive future GUS annual and interim reports electronically and to submit voting instructions online at shareholder meetings by registering at www.shareview.co.uk/gusplc. This service is provided by Lloyds TSB Registrars and gives access to a comprehensive range of shareholder information, including dividend payment details.

GUS website
A full range of investor relations information on GUS is available at www.gusplc.com. This includes webcasts of results presentations given to analysts and fund managers together with the slides accompanying those presentations.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The GUS Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('DRIP') enables shareholders to use their cash dividends to purchase GUS shares. Shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP for the first time, in respect of the final dividend to be paid on 5 August 2005, should return a completed and signed DRIP mandate form to be received by the Registrar, by no later than 15 July 2005. For further details please contact Lloyds TSB Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA (telephone: 0870 241 3018).

Share price information
The latest GUS share price is available on the GUS website (www.gusplc.com) and also on the Financial Times Cityline Service (telephone: 0906 843 2740 (calls charged at 60p per minute)).

Share dealing facility
Existing or potential investors can buy or sell GUS shares using a postal dealing service provided by JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, 20 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA (telephone: 020 7155 5155).

Financial calendar and Annual General Meeting arrangements
Annual General Meeting and first quarter trading update 20 July 2005
Final dividend record date 8 July 2005
Final dividend to be paid 5 August 2005
First half trading update 12 October 2005
Interim results announcement 17 November 2005
Third quarter trading update 1 January 2006
Second half trading update 1 April 2006
Preliminary announcement of annual results 24 May 2006

The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, 22 Portman Street, London W1H 9FL and begins at 11.30am on Wednesday, 20 July 2005.

Registered office
GUS plc, One Stanhope Gate, London, W1K 1AF

 

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