Voting Rights and Capital

Home Retail Group Plc
20 December 2006


                             HOME RETAIL GROUP plc
                                ('the Company')

                           VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL


In conformity with transitional provision 6 of the Transparency Directive we
hereby notify the market as follows:

The Company's paid up share capital consists of 877,445,001 Ordinary shares of
10 pence each with voting rights.

This figure may therefore be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they should determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Gordon Bentley
Secretary

20 December 2006








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