Ordinary shareholders
There were 50,969 holders of Ordinary shares at 31 March 2004 and their holdings can be analysed as follows:
| |
Number of
shareholders |
Percentage
of total number
of shareholders |
Number of
Ordinary shares '000s |
Percentage
of Ordinary
shares |
|---|
| Over 1,000,000 | 168 | 0.3 | 711,623 | 70.2 |
|---|
| 100,0011,000,000 | 548 | 1.1 | 180,669 | 17.8 |
|---|
| 10,001100,000 | 1,684 | 3.3 | 49,799 | 4.9 |
|---|
| 5,00110,000 | 2,211 | 4.3 | 15,540 | 1.5 |
|---|
| 2,0015,000 | 8,259 | 16.2 | 25,700 | 2.6 |
|---|
| 12,000 | 38,099 | 74.8 | 30,697 | 3.0 |
|---|
| |
50,969 | 100.0 | 1,014,028 | 100.0 |
|---|
Shareholders are further analysed as follows:
| Number of
shareholders | Percentage
of total number of shareholders | Number of
Ordinary shares '000s | Percentage
of Ordinary shares |
|---|
| Corporates | 12,645 |
24.8 |
942,065 |
92.9 |
|---|
| Individuals | 38,324 |
75.2 |
71,963 |
7.1 |
|---|
| | 50,969 |
100.0 |
1,014,028 |
100.0 |
|---|
Registrar
Enquiries concerning holdings of the Company's shares and notification of the holder's change of address should be referred to Lloyds TSB
Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA (telephone 0870 600 3987). A text phone facility for those with hearing
difficulties is available by telephoning 0870 600 3950. In addition, Lloyds TSB Registrars offers a range of shareholder information online at
www.shareview.co.uk.
Electronic communications
Shareholders wishing to receive future GUS annual and interim reports electronically rather than in paper format can arrange this at the
Registrar's website, www.shareview.co.uk. Voting by proxy in advance of the Annual General Meeting can also be done electronically and
details of this facility are provided in the Notice of Meeting in the separate Circular to Shareholders that accompanies the printed Annual Report.
Internet
A full range of investor relations information on GUS is available at www.gusplc.com. This includes webcasts of results presentations given to
analysts and fund managers together with the slides accompanying those presentations.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The GUS Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) enables shareholders to use their cash dividends to purchase GUS shares. Shareholders who wish
to participate in the DRIP for the first time, in respect of the final dividend to be paid on 6 August 2004, should return a completed and
signed DRIP mandate form to be received by the Registrars, by no later than 16 July 2004. For further details please contact Lloyds TSB
Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA (telephone: 0870 241 3018).
Share price information
The latest GUS share price is available on Ceefax and also on the Financial Times Cityline Service (telephone: 0906 843 2740 - calls charged
at 60p per minute).
Share dealing facility
Existing or potential investors can buy or sell GUS Ordinary shares using a postal dealing service provided by Cazenove & Co., whose contact
details are: Cazenove & Co., 20 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6DA (telephone: 020 7155 5155).
Financial calendar and Annual General Meeting arrangements
| Annual General Meeting and first quarter trading update | 21 July 2004 |
| Final dividend record date | 9 July 2004 |
| Final dividend to be paid | 6 August 2004 |
| First half trading update | 13 October 2004 |
| Interim results announcement | 18 November 2004 |
| Third quarter trading update | January 2005 |
| Second half trading update | April 2005 |
| Preliminary announcement of annual results | 25 May 2005 |
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Marriott Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Square, London W1A 4AW and begins at 11.30am on Wednesday, 21 July 2004.
Registered office
GUS plc, One Stanhope Gate, London W1K 1AF
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