Hmv Group Regulatory News (HMV)

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:

HMV Group Plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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:

FIL Limited

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

See attached schedule

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

14 July 2009 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 July 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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0031575722

20,835,639

20,835,639

23,104,806

23,104,806

5.45

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

23,104,806

5.45

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

2,269,167

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

14 July 2009

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Amanda Chana

15. Contact telephone number:

fil-regreporting@fil.com

FIL

Issuer name:

HMV GROUP PLC

Current ownership percentage:

5.45%

Total shares held:

23,104,806

Issued share capital:

423,587,057

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent

538,444

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL

holding company for various direct and indirect

2,437,928

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FII

subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management

20,128,434

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 

FISL

Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd

(FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset

Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),

FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong)

Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management

(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and

FIL Investments International (FII), investment 

managers for various non-US investment

companies and institutional clients.