Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4976E

Home Retail Group Plc

07 April 2011

 



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: ii			Home Retail Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				x
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: iii		NWQ Holdings, LLC Nuveen Investments, Inc. Windy City Investments, Inc. Windy City Investments Holdings, LLC MDCP Holdco (Windy), LLC Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V-A, L.P. Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V-C, L.P. Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-A, L.P. Madison Dearborn Partners V-A&C,L.P.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		The shares are held by Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC only. All shares are held for the economic benefit of Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		4 April 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		6 April 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B19NKB76 US43731T1025

16,001,916 4,644,751

15,993,506 6,450,113

15,993,506 25,800,452

1.97% 3.17%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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

% of voting rights

N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

41,793,958 (this total represents total ADRs converted into Ordinary share equivalents in addition to Ordinary shares held 1 ADR = 4 ORDs)

5.14%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are held by Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC which is controlled by NWQ Holdings, LLC, which is in turn controlled by Nuveen Investments, Inc, which is in turn controlled by Windy City Investments, Inc., which is in turn controlled by Windy City Investments Holdings, L.L.C., which is in turn controlled by MDCP Holdco (Windy), LLC, which is in turn controlled by Madison Dearborn Partners V-A&C, L.P. through its management of various private equity funds: Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V-A, L.P., Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V-C, L.P., and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-A, L.P.
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:
14. Contact name:	Macfarlanes LLP (FAO: Rachel Bond)
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7831 9222

 

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