Consent Solicitation Statement and Notices of Meetings to Noteholders

22 May 2006

GUS plc has today issued Notices of Meetings to the holders of its three outstanding series of Notes, to consider proposed amendments to the terms and conditions of the Notes. Further details of the proposed amendments are set out in a Consent Solicitation Statement dated 22 May 2006. The Consent Solicitation Statement is addressed only to those Noteholders who are persons to whom it may otherwise be lawful to distribute that document. Noteholders may obtain copies of the Notices of Meetings and the Consent Solicitation Statement through the website of our Tabulation Agent, Lucid Issuer Services Limited, at www.lucid-is.com/gusplc.