When you either buy shares or have them transferred into your
name, you become a part owner of the Company. The benefits of
owning shares include:
- a right to receive dividends. These are normally paid twice a
year.
- the right to attend, vote and speak at meetings of
shareholders, including the Annual General Meeting. Each year you
will be invited to attend and vote at the Company's Annual General
Meeting. Full details will be posted on this website well in
advance of the meeting.
- the receipt of financial information. Each year a copy of the
Annual Report and Financial Statements and Notice of Meeting is
provided electronically or by post to all shareholders. The
financial year end is 28 February and full year results are
generally announced in May. Most private shareholders elect to
receive the notification of the circulation of the Annual Report
and Financial Statements on this website, but those shareholders
wanting financial information in paper form can elect to receive a
hard copy of the Annual Report and Financial Statements. Home
Retail Group will report its half-year results in November and the
half year report is available electronically to shareholders
towards the end of that month. All this financial information is
routinely added to our website, together with the interim
management statements and trading updates. The half-year report,
the interim management statements and trading updates are not
subject to separate mailings to shareholders.
There are no shareholder discount schemes in existence for
shareholders.