Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0117U

Home Retail Group Plc

26 November 2013

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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				N/A
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				N/A
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				N/A
Other (please specify):				N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Royal Bank of Canada
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		RBC cees Trustee Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		15 Nov 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25 Nov 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 10p

N/A

N/A

25,148,946

25,148,946

3.09%

(GB00B19NKB76)

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

25,148,946

3.09%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
RBC cees Trustee Limited are wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Canada. RBC cees Trustee Limited acting as Trustee for the Employee Share Trust for Home Retail Group PLC.
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:	Calculated on issues share capital of 813,445,001 shares
14. Contact name:	Scott Roberts or Graham Horsnell
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone] / 283292

 

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