TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: 

Home Retail Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: 

UBS Global Asset Management (Traditional Entities)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):

CCR Asset Management

UBS AG

UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) Ltd

UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co.

UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH

UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd

UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd

UBS Global Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd

UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited

UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: 

01 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03 December 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 

5% 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B19NKB76

No previous disclosure

No previous disclosure

45,521,211

3,243,970

42,277,241

0.37

4.82

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date 

Exercise/
Conversion period 

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights 

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

45,521,211

5.19

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

UBS Global Asset Management on behalf of a number of clients

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Alexa Koenig/Brigitte Schwarz

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 44 239 6299