Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4639M

Home Retail Group Plc

16 August 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS 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		Sanderson Asset Management Ltd
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		15 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		16 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

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	30,291,899		30,291,899		33,491,899	33,491,899		0	4.12%		0%
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		N/A		N/A			N/A			N/A
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
33,491,899						4.12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Sanderson Asset Management Ltd
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Sanderson Asset Management Ltd ("Sanderson") acts as investment manager for our clients. In acting for our clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our clients' custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each client's custodian bank.
14. Contact name:	Jalpa Taank
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 468 5977

 

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