Halfords Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Mar 26, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

Halfords Group PLC (HFD)

Halfords Group PLC: Holding in Company

26-March-2021 / 10:00 GMT/BST

Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

---

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			Halfords Group PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name			J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, United Kingdom
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			24 March 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			25 March 2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.058613%	0.320232%		5.378845%	10,710,195
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.81%	0.32%		5.13%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix					% of voting rights
Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B012TP20				10,072,558					5.058613%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		10,072,558					5.058613%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlementxii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Equity Swap	n/a		n/a		Cash			637,637	0.320232%
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			637,637	0.320232%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)					X
Name of ultimate controlling personxv	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.	JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited	4.989705%	0.320232%	5.309937%
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.	J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.	0%	0%	0%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder			N/A
The number and % of voting rights held			N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held			N/A
11. Additional informationxvi
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. JPMorgan Asset Management International Limited (100%) JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited (100%) JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC (100%) JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.(100%) J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (100%)

Place of completion	London, United Kingdom
Date of completion	25 March 2021

---

ISIN:	GB00B012TP20
Category Code:	HOL
TIDM:	HFD
LEI Code:	54930086FKBWWJIOBI79
OAM Categories:	2.3. Major shareholding notifications
Sequence No.:	96320
EQS News ID:	1178682

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

---