Shareholder information
Ordinary shareholders
There were 45,149 holders of Ordinary shares at 31 March 2006 and their holdings can be analysed as follows:
| Number of | Percentage | Number of | Percentage of | |
| shareholders | of total number | Ordinary shares |
Ordinary shares | |
| of shareholders |
'000s |
|||
| Over 1,000,000 | 150 | 0.3 | 627,150 | 72.7 |
| 100,001 - 1,000,000 | 431 | 1.0 | 146,703 | 17.0 |
| 10,001 - 100,000 | 1,192 | 2.7 | 36,661 | 4.2 |
| 5,001 - 10,000 | 1,509 | 3.3 | 10,243 | 1.2 |
| 2,001 - 5,000 | 5,645 | 12.5 | 16,973 | 2.0 |
| 1 - 2,000 | 36,222 | 80.2 | 25,481 | 2.9 |
| 45,149 | 100.0 | 863,211 | 100.0 | |
| Shareholders are further analysed as follows: | ||||
| Number of | Percentage | Number of | Percentage of | |
| shareholders | of total number | Ordinary shares |
Ordinary shares | |
| of shareholders |
'000s |
|||
| Corporates | 9,661 | 21.4 | 809,517 | 93.8 |
| Individuals | 35,488 | 78.6 | 53,694 | 6.2 |
| 45,149 | 100.0 | 863,211 | 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 4 August 2006, should return a completed and signed DRIP mandate form to be received by the Registrar, by no later than 14 July 2006. 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
| Final dividend record date | 7 July 2006 |
| First quarter trading update | 12 July 2006 |
| Annual General Meeting | 19 July 2006 |
| Final dividend to be paid | 4 August 2006 |
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, 22 Portman Street, London W1H 7BG and begins at 11.30am on Wednesday, 19 July 2006.
Following the announcement of the demerger of the remaining two businesses of GUS, further dates relating to the financial calendar and Annual General Meeting arrangements in respect of the 2007 financial year will be posted on the GUS website.