Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5598L

Home Retail Group Plc

07 May 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
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:		The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		5 May 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		7 May 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 10p GB00B19NKB76

26,869,423

26,869,423

42,582,600

42,582,600

4.86%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,582,600

4.86%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (4.86%) RFS Holdings N.V. (4.86%) ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (4.86%) The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (4.86%)
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:	This Notification is based upon the Voting Rights figure of 876,275,001 obtained from FT information.
14. Contact name:	Richard Hopkins
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7672 0354

 

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