Holding in Company

RNS Number:5901O
Home Entertainment Corporation PLC
12 December 2001

HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION PLC

12 DECEMBER 2001





Home Entertainment Corporation PLC (the "Company")

Notifiable interest



The Company was informed on 11 December 2001 that Schroder Investment
Management Limited now has an interest in 1,999,540 ordinary shares in the
Company, representing 11.15% of the Company's issued share capital.  The
shares are held in portfolios managed by Schroder Investment Management
Limited on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management
arrangements.



The Company was also informed that, of those 1,999,540 ordinary shares in the
Company, 20,000 are registered or to be registered in the name of Schroder
Nominees Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of Schroder Investment
Management Limited), 1,830,540 are to be held in a unit trust operated and
managed by Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of
Schroder Investment Management Limited) to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited, 50,000 are to be registered in the name of Schroder
Investment North America Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of
Schroder Investment Management Limited), 20,000 are to be registered in the
name of Chase Manhatten Bank, a further 24,000 are to be registered in the
name of Chase Nominees Limited, 45,000 are to be registered in the name of MSS
Nominees Limited a/c: 759371 and 10,000 are to be registered in the name of
RBSTB Nominees Limited.





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