GUS Board Appointment

GUS PLC
10 December 2001

                                                             10 December, 2001

                                   GUS plc

                              BOARD APPOINTMENT

GUS plc announces that Frank Newman, Chairman Emeritus of Bankers Trust
Corporation, has today joined its Board as a non-executive director.

Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of GUS, commented: 'I am delighted that Frank is to
join us here at GUS at this exciting time in our development. We are certain
that his strong track record and wealth of experience in several multinational
corporations will be invaluable to us as we continue to see our businesses
grow internationally'.

Enquiries:
Finsbury
Rupert Younger                           020 7251 3801

Rollo Head

This announcement is also available on the GUS website: www.gusplc.co.uk

Notes to Editors

Mr Newman previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive of both Bankers
Trust Corporation and its subsidiary Bankers Trust Company, after joining the
firm in 1996 from the United States Treasury Department, where he held the
positions of Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, Mr
Newman held a variety of senior management and board positions at BankAmerica
and Wells Fargo Bank.

Mr Newman is a director of Dow Jones & Company, Korea First Bank and three
internet companies. He also sits on the advisory board of Renault and Nissan
and is a member both of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Hall Society and
the Board of Overseers of Cornell University Weill Medical College.