Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7195D

Halfords Group PLC

07 December 2009

 

TR1: 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 notification (yes/no)
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:	BlackRock, Inc
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):	1 December 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	4 December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISINGB00B012TP20 ORD GBP 0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11,599,853	N/A	5.51%

B: Qualifying 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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to.	% of voting rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	887,579	Nominal	Delta
					0.42%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
12,487,432	5.94%

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

On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 12,487,432 (5.94%)

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:	BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team
14. Contact name:	Stuart Watchorn
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 5741; [e-mail]

 

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