Halfords Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

May 12, 2017

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RNS Number : 0089F

Halfords Group PLC

12 May 2017

TR-1 : NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Halfords 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):	Type 1 and 3 disclosure as per Transparency Directive II Regulation			YES
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		10 May 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 May 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B012TP20	22,070,772			19,982,090			21,367,273		N/A		19,836,447	N/A			9.962%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD		N/A		N/A		N/A			26,329				Nominal			Delta
0.013%			1
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
19,862,776								9.975%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder & Co. Limited	781,282	0.392%
Schroders (C.I.) Limited	63,064	0.032%
Schroder Investment Management Limited	18,483,065	9.283%
Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited	535,365	0.269%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 199,116,632.

14. Contact name:

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

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