Home Retail Group Plc Holding(s) in Company (8781I)

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RNS Number : 8781I

Home Retail Group Plc

02 September 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                      Home Retail Group PLC 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                    X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                             Morgan Stanley (Institutional 
  subject to the                                                        Securities Group and Global 
  notification obligation:                                                   Wealth Management) 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                     Morgan Stanley & Co. International 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                       plc 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                                     31.08.2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                        02.09.2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                             3%,4%,5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                  triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number              Number         Number             Number of                  % of voting 
                 of                  of             of shares          voting                     rights (x) 
                 Shares              Voting                            rights 
                                     Rights 
-------------  ------------------  -------------  -----------------  -------------------------  -------------------- 
                                                   Direct             Direct        Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
                                                                       (xi)         (xii) 
-------------      ------------    -----------    -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------- 
                Below               Below 
 GB00B19NKB76    3%                  3%            43,656,821         43,656,821                 5.37% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration                   Exercise/            Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date (xiii)                  Conversion           rights that                rights 
 instrument                                       Period (xiv)         may be 
                                                                       acquired if 
                                                                       the 
                                                                       instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/ 
                                                                       converted. 
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 Depositary 
  Receipt                      N/A                      N/A                    3,104                    0.00% 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of        Exercise          Expiration     Exercise/          Number of         % of voting 
  financial     price             date           Conversion         voting             rights (xix, 
  instrument                      (xvii)         period             rights             xx) 
                                                 (xviii)            instrument 
                                                                    refers to 
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                                                                                       Nominal           Delta 
-------------  ----------------  -------------  -----------------  ----------------  -----------  ------------------ 
 Equity Swap          N/A          01.12.2016          N/A              475,558          N/A             0.06% 
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 Equity Swap          N/A          19.07.2018          N/A              96,631           N/A             0.01% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 44,232,114                                                         5.44% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance 
  Department, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 
  4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a direct holder of 44,132,379 
  voting rights (5.43%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan 
  Stanley Investments (UK) 
 
  Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary 
  Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect 
  holder of 44,132,379 voting rights (5.43%) and is a 
  subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group 
 
  Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary 
  Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect 
  holder of 44,132,379 voting rights (5.43%) and is a 
  subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, 
  Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an 
  indirect holder of 44,132,379 voting rights (5.43%) 
  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International 
  Holdings Inc. 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The 
  Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 
  1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. 
  is an indirect holder of 44,132,379 voting rights (5.43%) 

  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                        N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                      N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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                                                          Of the total voting rights 
  13. Additional information:                              attached to shares in Section 
                                                           8A, 2,683,377 (0.33%) of 
                                                           these are the result of a 
                                                           stock borrowing agreement 
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 14. Contact name:                                        Craig Horsley 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                            [phone] 
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