Transaction in Own Shares

GUS PLC
08 February 2005

GUS PLC:  Transaction in own shares



The issuer advises that the Transaction in own shares announcement released on 4
February,  2005 at 17:03hrs under RNS: 26671 was released in error. The shares
purchased should have stated 250,000 at a price of 968.1051 pence and not
300,000 shares at a price of 968.1628 pence.

The full corrected announcement reads as follows:-



GUS PLC announces that it has today (4 February,  2005) purchased from Cazenove
& Co. Ltd  250,000 ordinary shares at a price of 968.1051 pence per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above
purchase, GUS PLC holds 11,275,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total
number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury shares) is
1,005,827,993.


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