Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4844G

Halfords Group PLC

22 October 2008

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

HALFORDS GROUP plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

  Newton Investment Management Ltd

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

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

  17 October 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

  21 October 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  Decrease from 8.06% to 7.97%

8. Notified details:

  Purchase of 187,362 shares

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Ordinary shares ISINGB00B012TP20	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
	16,908,980	8.06%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
Ordinary shares ISINGB00B012TP20	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	N/A	N/A	16,721,618	N/A	7.97%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
16,721,618	7.97%

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

Newton Investment Management Limited hold these shares as a discretionary Investment Manager

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

  Asif S Lalani

15. Contact telephone number:

  [phone]

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Newton Investment Management Ltd
Contact Address (registered office for legal entities)	Mellon Financial Centre 160 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4LA
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Rachel Wheeler

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Newton Investment Management Ltd
Contact Address	Mellon Financial Centre 160 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4LA
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (eg functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Discretionary Investment Manager

 

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