Penelope Hughes is a serving non-executive director of Reuters Group PLC and as such Reuters Group PLC is obliged to update, via the Regulatory News Service, any change to Ms Hughes' directorships of other publicly quoted companies.

On 12 December 2006, Home Retail Group PLC announced that Penelope Hughes joined its Board as a non-executive director on 11 December 2006.

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