22nd Feb 2007 16:24
Home Retail Group Plc22 February 2007 HOME RETAIL GROUP plc ("the Company") DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS The Company has been advised by Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited ("Abacus") thatAbacus, as trustee of the Home Retail Group plc Employee Share Trust ("theTrust"), now holds 7,451,696 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company.The notification from Abacus was dated 21 February 2007. As announced on 7 February, the holding at that date was 7,479,870 ordinaryshares. Since then 28,174 ordinary shares have been released in connection withthe exercise of options granted under GUS plc's former UK share option schemes. Directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries of the Trust andaccordingly any changes in the shareholdings by the Trust are deemed to changetheir interests in the Ordinary share capital of the Company. However, nodirector or person discharging managerial responsibility has exercised anyoptions and no shares were released to them. The balances of shares in respectof their personal interests therefore remain unchanged. Gordon BentleySecretary 22 February 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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