21st Mar 2007 15:34
Home Retail Group Plc21 March 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 GUS plc ESOP Trust ("the Trust"), now holds 2,679,404Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company. The notification from Abacuswas dated 20 March 2007. As announced on 14 March, the holding at that date was 2,719,648 Ordinaryshares. Since then 40,244 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 21 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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