Holding in Company

GUS PLC
30 August 2001


On 30 August 2001 GUS plc received a notification dated 29 August 2001, in
compliance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985, advising that Barclays PLC,
though its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, no longer has a notifiable interest in
the ordinary shares of 25p each in this Company.