Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0346C

Home Retail Group Plc

13 January 2015

 



TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS 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

ü

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

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

9 January 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 January 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

From 11 - 12%

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 GB00B19NKB76

96,656,949

92,763,811

102,168,673

N/A

97,880,244

N/A

12.033%

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

Call Option / 2.02406

27/01/2015

N/A

-638,175

-0.078

Call Option / 1.96145

15/01/2015

N/A

-404,632

-0.050

Call Option / 2.05609

10/02/2015

N/A

-508,325

-0.062

Call Option / 2.15963

24/02/2015

N/A

-469,710

-0.058

Call Option / 2.13602

12/03/2015

N/A

-480,230

-0.059

Call Option / 2.16896

19/03/2015

N/A

-568,599

-0.070

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

97,880,244

12.033%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                   93,869,325                    11.540% Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited            110,762             0.014% Schroder & Co. Ltd                                                                    3,065,755                      0.377% Schroders (CI) Limited                                                    834,402                         0.103%

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issued share capital amount 813,445,001.

14. Contact name:

Chloe Talbot

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

 

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