TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Home Retail Group plc |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
Schroders plc |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
28.08.15 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
01.09.15 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
From 16% - 17% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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Ordinary GB00B19NKB76
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135,110,304 |
130,821,875 |
144,360,546 |
N/A |
140,072,117 |
N/A |
17.220% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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Call option |
09/09/2015 |
N/A |
(987,129) |
-0.121% |
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Call option |
30/09/2015 |
N/A |
(549,842) |
-0.068% |
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Call option |
07/10/2015 |
N/A |
(708,668) |
-0.087% |
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Call option |
14/10/2015 |
N/A |
(1,176,894) |
-0.145% |
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Call option |
28/10/2015 |
N/A |
(677,885) |
-0.083% |
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Call option |
10/11/2015 |
N/A |
(552,129) |
-0.068% |
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Call option |
25/11/2015 |
N/A |
(382,718) |
-0.047% |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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140,072,117 |
17.220% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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Schroder & Co. Limited 3,477,287 0.427% Schroders (C.I.) Limited 834,402 0.103% Schroder Investment Management Limited 135,309,735 16.634% Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited 450,693 0.055%
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
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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 issue share capital amount 813,445,001. |
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14. Contact name: |
Shaheen Hussain |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7658 6000 |
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