Directors' Shareholdings

Home Retail Group Plc
19 December 2006


                             HOME RETAIL GROUP plc
                                ('the Company')

                            DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ('Abacus') that
Abacus, as trustee of the Home Retail Group plc Employee Share Trust ('the
Trust'), now holds 7,545,344 Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company.
The notification from Abacus was received by the Company on 19 December.

The notification was caused by the receipt of 7,570,855 Ordinary shares from the
GUS plc ESOP Trust on 15 December. Since then 25,511 Ordinary shares have been
released in connection with the exercise of options granted under GUS plc's
former UK share option schemes.

Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and
accordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to change
their interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company.

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

19 December 2006







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