PDMR Shareholding

Home Retail Group Plc
06 February 2007


                             HOME RETAIL GROUP plc
                                ('the Company')

                               PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The Company has been notified of a transaction in its ordinary shares by
Paul Loft (a person discharging managerial responsibility).

As a result of the demerger from GUS, certain participants in the former GUS
Executive Share Option Scheme have a limited period after the demerger within
which to exercise options to acquire shares. This period, as disclosed in the
demerger prospectus, is within six months of 4 October 2006, being the date of
Court sanction of the GUS demerger scheme of arrangement. A further restriction
arises due to the close period that will apply with effect from the end of the
accounting period (3 March 2007).

Mr Loft exercised options on 2 February and sold all 112,521 ordinary shares
thereby acquired on the London Stock Exchange at a price of £4.373444 per share.
The balance of shares in respect of his personal interest in the ordinary share
capital of the Company therefore remains unchanged.

The notification on behalf of Mr Loft was received by the Company on 5 February
2007.

Notification of these transactions is now made in accordance with Disclosure
Rule 3.1.4R.

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

6 February 2007



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