Gusbourne Regulatory News (GUS)

3 Aug 2005 12:59

GUS PLC03 August 2005 The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ("Abacus")that Abacus, as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP Trust, holds 14,417,047 Ordinaryshares of 25p each in the Company at today's date. As announced on that day, theholding at 22 July 2005 was 14,772,487 shares and since then: • On 1 August, 317,592 shares were transferred to a nominee on behalf of participants in GUS plc's UK share plans. The nominee then sold/transferred shares to the participants as appropriate. • During the period from 22 July to 25 July, 37,848 shares have been released in connection with the exercise of options granted under The North America Stock Option Plan. Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of this ESOP andaccordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to changetheir interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange