Transaction in Own Shares

8 Feb 2005 15:01

GUS PLC08 February 2005 GUS PLC: Transaction in own shares The issuer advises that the Transaction in own shares announcement released on 4February, 2005 at 17:03hrs under RNS: 26671 was released in error. The sharespurchased should have stated 250,000 at a price of 968.1051 pence and not300,000 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. Thepurchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, GUS PLC holds 11,275,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The totalnumber of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury shares) is1,005,827,993. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange