Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1198H

Home Retail Group Plc

23 May 2011

 



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					X
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		HSBC Holdings Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		HSBC Bank plc HSBC Investment Management HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited Sinopia Asset Management (France)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		17th May 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18th May 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5.00%

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

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B19NKB76

Below Disclosure Threshold

Below Disclosure Threshold

23,012,503

23,012,503

2,062,214

2.83 %

0.25%

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

Equity Swap

NA

NA

NA

19,639,205

Nominal

Delta

2.41%

NA

Option Single Stock (cash settled)

06/15/11 08/05/11 07/01/11 06/09/11 07/11/11 07/07/11 06/21/11

911,629 215,727 426,164 205,024 120,066 79,017 12,857

0.236 % 0.181 % 0.123 % 0.094 % 0.063 % 0.041 % 0.004 %

0.112 % 0.027 % 0.052 % 0.025 % 0.015 % 0.010 % 0.002 %

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

46,684,406

5.74 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Baljeet Gill
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7991 6555

 

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