Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5146C

Home Retail Group Plc

13 November 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Home Retail Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Barclays Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv		Barclays Global Investors Ltd Barclays Global Investors, N.A. Barclays Global Fund Advisors
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		11/11/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12/11/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5-3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B19NKB76

40,010,606

40,010,606

30,406,225

30,406,225

3.47

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/  Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

2,169,482

Nominal

Delta

0.24

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

32,575,707

3.71

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Barclays Global Investors Ltd Barclays Global Investors, N.A. Barclays Global Fund Advisors
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	James Gibson
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 116 7308

 

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