Transaction in Own Shares

GUS PLC
01 March 2005



                       GUS PLC: Transaction in Own Shares



GUS PLC announces that it has today purchased through Merrill Lynch 300,000
ordinary shares at a price of 941.5848 pence per share. The purchased shares
will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, GUS PLC holds
13,625,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary
shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,003,582,702.

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