Lewis remaining stake results

GUS PLC 19 May 2005 Not for release, publication or distribution in, or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan 19 May 2005 GUS plc Result of placing of remaining stake in Lewis Group Further to the announcement on 17 May 2005, GUS plc announces the successful sale of its entire remaining interest in Lewis Group Limited ('Lewis') of 50,000,001 shares, comprising 50% of the issued share capital. This was achieved by way of an accelerated book-building process between 17 May 2005 and 19 May 2005. The sale was concluded at a price of R33.50 per share, a discount of 5.6% to the closing share price of Lewis on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa on 17 May 2005, being the last price prior to the announcement of the offer. Enquiries GUS David Tyler Finance Director 020 7495 0070 Fay Dodds Director of Investor Relations Finsbury Rupert Younger 020 7251 3801 Rollo Head Important notes This announcement has been issued by GUS plc and is the sole responsibility of GUS. UBS South Africa (Proprietary) Limited ('UBS'), Investec Bank Limited ('Investec') and JP Morgan Securities Limited ('JP Morgan') are acting exclusively for GUS and no one else in connection with the Offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than GUS for providing the protections afforded to clients of UBS, Investec and JP Morgan nor for providing any advice in relation to the Offering or any other matters referred to in this announcement. This announcement is for information purposes and does not constitute an offer of, or an invitation by or on behalf of GUS plc, Lewis, UBS, Investec or JP Morgan to subscribe for or purchase any shares and may not be used for the purpose of an offer to, or a solicitation by, anyone in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised or is unlawful. This announcement and the Offering do not constitute an offer in or from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or any other jurisdiction where the dissemination of this announcement or the making of the offer may be illegal or fails to conform to the laws of such jurisdiction. The announcement is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(1) of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 (the 'Order') or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(1) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as 'relevant persons'). The offer shares have not been offered or sold nor will they be offered or sold in circumstances which have resulted or will result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the United Kingdom Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 and are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire any offer shares will be engaged in only with, relevant persons and where all applicable provisions of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ('FSMA') have been complied with. Any person in the United Kingdom who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents. In addition no person may communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any offer shares except in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply. The offer shares have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), or any securities laws of any state of the United States, and such shares are not and may not be offered or sold within the United States. The offer shares may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, sold, transferred to or delivered in the Netherlands, whether at their initial distribution or at any time thereafter, and neither this announcement nor any other document in respect of the Offering may be distributed or circulated in the Netherlands, other than to individuals or legal entities who or which trade or invest in securities in the conduct of their profession or trade (which includes banks, investment institutions, securities intermediaries, insurance companies, pension funds, other institutional investors and treasury departments and finance companies of large enterprises). This announcement does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Article 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations of March 30, 1911. Accordingly, the offer shares may not be offered or distributed in or from Switzerland on the basis of a 'public solicitation' and neither this announcement nor any offering material relating to the offer shares may be distributed in connection with any offer or distribution which may constitute such a solicitation. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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