Last checked at 22 Oct 2008 17:43
The following amendment has been made to the '(Headline)' - Holdings in Company - Notification of Major Interests in Shares announcement released on 22nd October 2008 at 16:50 under RNS No 4844G.
Under Notified details, No 8, It states that 187,362 shares were purchased but it should have stated that these shares were sold.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below.
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:
Sale 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:
+44 (0)20 7163 5115
| 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 | +44 (0)207 163 9000 |
| 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 | +44 (0)207 163 9000 |
| Other useful information (eg functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | Discretionary Investment Manager |