Holding(s) in Company

GUS PLC
03 October 2006

                                     GUS plc

                              HOLDING(S) IN COMPANY


GUS plc ('GUS') has today received a notification from The Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc ('Goldman Sachs'), pursuant to Sections 198 to 203 of the Companies Act
1985, advising that, as at the close of business on 28 September 2006, Goldman
Sachs was interested in 33,226,587 ordinary shares in GUS (representing 3.79% of
the issued ordinary share capital of GUS). The notification was dated 2 October
2006. As announced on 21 June 2006, Goldman Sachs had previously notified an
interest in 34,728,361 ordinary shares in GUS as at the close of business on 15
June 2006 (representing 4.01% of the issued ordinary share capital of GUS
excluding treasury shares at that date).


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