Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5088J

Home Retail Group Plc

07 August 2012

 



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		Nuveen Affiliates 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		3 August 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		6 August 2012
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	12,096,283 9,167,033				10,362,866 7,529,703			10,362,866 30,118,812			1.27% 3.70%
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
40,481,678 (this total represents total ADRs converted into Ordinary share equivalents in addition to Ordinary shares held 1 ADR = 4 ORDs)						4.98%

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 Nuveen Affiliates 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: David Harrison)
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 831 9222

 

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