Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2260A

Home Retail Group Plc

05 October 2009

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

On 2 October 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:
	Barclays Global Investors
4.	Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
	Barclays Global Fund Advisors Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) AG Barclays Global Investors Ltd Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
5.	Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
	28 September 2009
6.	Date on which issuer notified:
	2 October 2009
7.	Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
	3% to 5%
8.	Notified Details:
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN code)	GB00B 19NKB76

	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
	30,939,700	30,939,700

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	40,762,187	0	40,762,187	0.00	4.65

	B: 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)	Percentage 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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
			3,210,203	0.37

	Total (A+B+C)
	Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
	43,972,390	5.01

9.	Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Barclays Global Fund Advisors   Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) AG   Barclays Global Investors Ltd   Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 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:
	Geoff Smith
15.	Contact telephone number:
	020 7116 2913

 

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