Notifiable Interest

RNS Number:5105G
Home Entertainment Corporation PLC
22 January 2003

HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION PLC
22 JANUARY 2003

Home Entertainment Corporation PLC (the "Company")

Notifiable interest

The Company was informed by a letter dated 22 January 2003 that Schroder
Investment Management Limited has an interest in 2,294,857 ordinary shares in
the Company.  The shares are held in portfolios managed by Schroder Investment
Management Limited on a discretionary basis for clients under investment
management agreements.

The Company was also informed that, of those 2,294,857 ordinary shares in the
Company, 20,000 are registered in the name of Schroder Nominees Limited (a
wholly owned subsidiary company of Schroder Investment Management Limited),
2,222,357 are held in a unit trust operated and managed by Schroder Unit Trusts
Limited and to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees, and 20,000 shares
registered in the name of Chase Manhattan Bank and 32,500 shares registered in
the name of Chase Nominees Limited.

The Company was further informed that, Schroder Investment Management North
America Limited (SIMNA Ltd), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schroder Investment
Management Limited, is managing on a discretionary basis (a) portoflio(s)
holding a further 50,000 shares.  These shares are registered or to be
registered in the name of Chase Nominee Limited.

Therefore, Schroder Investment Management Limited, through their subsidiary and
affiliated company are interested in an overall aggregate of 2,344,857 shares,
representing some 13.015% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
18,015,975.

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