6th Feb 2007 15:31
Home Retail Group Plc06 February 2007 HOME RETAIL GROUP plc ("the Company") PDMR SHAREHOLDING The Company has been notified of a transaction in its ordinary shares byPaul Loft (a person discharging managerial responsibility). As a result of the demerger from GUS, certain participants in the former GUSExecutive Share Option Scheme have a limited period after the demerger withinwhich to exercise options to acquire shares. This period, as disclosed in thedemerger prospectus, is within six months of 4 October 2006, being the date ofCourt sanction of the GUS demerger scheme of arrangement. A further restrictionarises due to the close period that will apply with effect from the end of theaccounting period (3 March 2007). Mr Loft exercised options on 2 February and sold all 112,521 ordinary sharesthereby acquired on the London Stock Exchange at a price of £4.373444 per share.The balance of shares in respect of his personal interest in the ordinary sharecapital of the Company therefore remains unchanged. The notification on behalf of Mr Loft was received by the Company on 5 February2007. Notification of these transactions is now made in accordance with DisclosureRule 3.1.4R. Gordon BentleySecretary 6 February 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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