Director/PDMR Shareholding

Home Retail Group Plc
17 November 2006


                             HOME RETAIL GROUP plc
                                ('the Company')

                       DIRECTORS' / PDMRs' SHAREHOLDINGS

1. Directors Interests in connection with the Home Retail Group UK Approved
All-Employee Plan.

The Company has been advised by Yorkshire Building Society ('YBS') that YBS, as
trustee of the Home Retail Group UK Approved All-Employee Plan ('the Plan'), now
holds 1,433,005 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company on behalf of the
Plan. The notification from YBS was received by the Company on 17 November.

The notification was caused by the purchase of 1,433,005 ordinary shares at a
price of £4.0625 for each share on 14 November. Prior to this date the holding
on behalf of the Plan was nil.

Executive directors of the Company (listed below) are potential beneficiaries of
the Plan and accordingly any changes in the shareholding by the Plan are deemed
to change their interests in the ordinary share capital of the Company.

The executive directors are Richard Ashton and Terry Duddy.


2. Awards under the Home Retail Group UK Approved All-Employee Plan

i) The following awards were made to Directors on 14 November:

Name of Director     Number of Ordinary Shares           Vesting Date

Richard Ashton                 49                        14 November 2009
Terry Duddy                    49                        14 November 2009

ii) The following awards were made to Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility on 14 November:

Name of Person Discharging   Number of Ordinary Shares   Vesting Date
Managerial Responsibility      

Paul Loft                                49              14 November 2009
Sara Weller                              49              14 November 2009

These awards were all made for nil consideration.

This disclosure is made under section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4.

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

17 November 2006



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