Last checked at 10 Aug 2009 15:34
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 | Yes | |
| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | No | |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments. | No | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |
| Other (please specify):______________ | No | |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See additional information under 13 | |
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 06 August 2009 | |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 07 August 2009 | |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Below the threshold of 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||
| ISINGB00B012TP20 ORD GBP 0.01 | 10,619,637 | 10,619,637 | 156,241 | 156,241 | 10,232,376 | 0.074% | 4.874% | ||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
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| 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 | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| 10,388,617 | 4.948% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |
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| 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: | Registered Owner Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 41407 1,630,000 Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd A/c 04F607602 10,350 Ameriprise Financial Inc A/c 21,800 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 165,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 179,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 2,090,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 39,241 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 117,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10478 20,983 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 7,300 Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd A/c 36199142 200,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 94,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 36,800 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 169,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 67,872 Roy Nominees A/c 104450 154,911 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 466,622 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 175,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 160,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 1,516,600 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492 340,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 460,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 345,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 1,213,638 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 475,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348 233,000 |
| 14. Contact name: | Company Secretary, Threadneedle Group |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | - |