Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 2649D

Home Retail Group Plc

11 September 2008

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

On 10 September 2008, 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):
	9 September 2008
6.	Date on which issuer notified:
	10 September 2008
7.	Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
	12%
8.	Notified Details:

	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
					Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	B19NKB7	123,101,426	123,101,426	17,787,512	17,787,512	105,157,832	2.03	11.98

	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

	Total (A+B)
	Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
	122,945,344	14.01%

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
	Alliance Capital Management Direct	1,169,800	0.13332
	AXA Direct	1,781,541	0.20304
	AXA Colonia Konzern Direct	57,118	0.00651
	AXA Colonia Konzern Indirect	84,007	0.00957
	AXA Financial, Inc. Indirect	70,560,048	8.04153513
	AXA Framlington Indirect	19,171	0.00
	AXA France Indirect	36,621	0.004173595
	AXA IM UK* Direct	7,533,475	0.858569482
	AXA IM UK* Indirect	143,752	0.016383021
	AXA Rosenberg Direct	3,114,564	0.354958316
	AXA Rosenberg Indirect	34,314,233	3.910699014
	AXA Winterthur Direct	4,131,014	0.470800335
	Total Direct	17,787,512	2.02719
	Total Indirect	105,157,832	11.98455
	TOTAL	122,945,344	14.01174
	* AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.
Proxy Voting:
10.	Name of proxy holder:
	Not applicable
11.	Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
	Not applicable
12.	Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
	Not applicable
13.	Additional information:
	Issuer contact details:
	Mike Willis - Group Secretariat
	Telephone: [phone]

 

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