Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7990F

Home Retail Group Plc

29 April 2014

 

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				ü
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		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		24.04.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28.04.14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 10%

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

Ordinary GB00B19NKB76

91,344,178

88,212,759

84,111,564

N/A

80,972,305

N/A

9.955%

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

Call Option / 2.04019

29 / 04 / 2014

N/A

-471,165

-0.058

Call Option / 2.09888

28 / 05 / 2014

N/A

-810,330

-0.100

Call Option / 2.19895

14 / 05 / 2014

N/A

-477,511

-0.059

Call Option / 2.35971

08 / 07 / 2014

N/A

-318,355

-0.039

Call Option / 2.39616

17 / 07 / 2014

N/A

-484,392

-0.060

Call Option / 2.41248

12 / 06 / 2014

N/A

-718,827

-0.088

Call Option / 2.45609

19 / 06 / 2014

N/A

-883,470

-0.109

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

80,972,305

9.955%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                        77,601,087                  9.540% Cazenove Capital Management Limited                                             2,459,145                    0.302% Schroder & Co Limited                                                                       909,490                       0.112% Schroders (CI) Limited                                                                       10,423                         0.001%

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 813,445,001.

14. Contact name:

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

 

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