29 August 2006
At the Court convened meeting, which was held earlier today, the shareholders of GUS plc overwhelmingly approved the Scheme of Arrangement without modification.In the poll taken at the Court meeting, the resolution received 508,790,124 votes in favour from 6,361 shareholders and 997,972 votes against from 357 shareholders. The resolution was therefore passed with a majority of both votes and those voting.
| GUS | ||
| David Tyler | Group Finance Director | 020 7495 0070 |
| Fay Dodds | Director of Investor Relations | |
| Finsbury | ||
| Rupert Younger | 020 7251 3801 | |
| Rollo Head |