Purchase of Own Securities

GUS PLC
21 June 2004


GUS plc : PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Pursuant to Listing Rule 15.15, GUS plc today announces that it has purchased, 
in a series of transactions, EUR 89,058,000 nominal amount of its 5.125% bonds 
due 5 October 2004, representing 17.8% of the original issue. These bonds will 
be cancelled. Following this purchase EUR 410,942,000 nominal amount of these 
bonds remains in issue.

The purchases were made in response to offers of the bonds for sale and in the 
light of their short remaining maturity. GUS may be prepared to respond to 
further such offers.


Contacts:

Albert Hollema, Group Treasurer   [phone];
Peter Blythe/ Director of Finance [phone]



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