Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1542W

Home Retail Group Plc

23 July 2009

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

On 22 July 2009, Home Retail Group plc ('the Issuer') was notified of the following details relating to a major interest in its shares:

1.	Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
	Home Retail Group plc
2.	Reason for notification:
	An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3.	Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
	AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4.	Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5.	Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
	20 July 2009
6.	Date on which issuer notified:
	22 July 2009
7.	Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
	5%
8.	Notified Details:
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN code)	B19NKB7

 

	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
	53,018,214	53,018,214

 

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	11,701,500	11,701,500	30,808,859	1.33	3.51

 

	B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	% of voting rights

 

	Total (A+B+C)
	Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
	42,510,359	4.84%

 

9.	Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
	Name of Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
	AXA    Direct	1,671,815	0.19053
	AXA Colonia Konzern   Direct	44,000	0.00501
	AXA Colonia Konzern   Indirect	65,539	0.00747
	AXA Financial, Inc.   Indirect	1,278,000	0.14565
	AXA France   Indirect	1,362,690	0.155302042
	AXA IM UK   Direct	6,871,121	0.78
	AXA IM UK   Indirect	188,064	0.021433138
	AXA Rosenberg   Direct	3,114,564	0.354958316
	AXA Rosenberg   Indirect	27,914,566	3.18134652
	Total Direct	11,701,500	1.33359
	Total Indirect	30,808,859	3.51120
	TOTAL	42,510,359	4.84479
Proxy Voting:
10.	Name of 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:
14.	Contact name:
	Kyere Tabiri
15.	Contact telephone number:
	020 7003 1510

 

 

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