HOME RETAIL GROUP PLC
('the Company')
DISCLOSURE OF VOTING RIGHTS
The Company has received a notification from AXA Investment Managers UK Limited advising that AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies now holds, as a result of a transaction that took place on 30 July 2008, 135,216,577 voting rights in the Company (representing 15.41% of the voting rights in the Company, of which 2.06% is direct and 13.35% indirect).
The threshold that was crossed as a result of the transaction was 16% in respect of the total holding (the previous notification being a total holding of 16.33%, of which 2.06% was direct and 14.27% indirect).
The notification was issued pursuant to DTR 5.1.2 and was received on
1 August 2008.
Gordon Bentley
Secretary
1 August 2008