Director/PDMR Shareholding

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

(a)

Name

Richard Ashton

2

Reason for the notification

(a)

Position/status

Finance Director

(b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

(a)

Name

Home Retail Group plc

(b)

LEI

N/A

4

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 10p each

Identification code

GB00B19NKB76

(b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of securities on Court sanction in respect of awards made under the Company's Performance Share Plan for no consideration and Sharesave Plan at the option exercise price

(c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

2014 Performance Share Plan

2015 Performance Share Plan

2016 Performance Share Plan

Sharesave Plan

(d)

Aggregated information

· Aggregated volume

334,799

· Price

536,771.29 GBP

(e)

Date of the transaction

2016-08-31

(f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Gordon Bentley

Date of notification: 2016-09-02