Halfords Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (2779D)

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RNS Number : 2779D

Halfords Group PLC

25 April 2017

 
 TR-1 : NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                 Halfords Group plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                      YES 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                  Vulcan Value Partners, LLC, 
  subject to the                                             a Delaware limited liability 
  notification obligation:                                   company ("Vulcan") 
  (iii)                                                      C.T Fitzpatrick, an individual 
                                                             resident of Alabama, United 
                                                             States of America 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                             Vulcan Value Partners, LLC 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                is the investment advisor 
                                                                                                    to 
                                                                             (1) Vulcan Value Partners 
                                                                               Fund, a US mutual fund, 
                                                                         (2) Vulcan Global Value Fund, 
                                                                         plc, an Irish domiciled UCITS 
                                                                                             fund, and 
                                                                    (3) a number of separately-managed 
                                                                                      client accounts. 
 
                                                                       The custodian for the US mutual 
                                                                                   fund is BNY Mellon. 
 
                                                                           The custodian for the UCITS 
                                                                      fund is Sumitomo Mitsui Trustees 
                                                                                    (Ireland) Limited. 
 
                                                                         Various custodians, numbering 
                                                                       18 in total, serve as custodian 
                                                                            for the separately-managed 
                                                                  accounts. See additional information 
                                                                                    for the full list. 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                 20 April 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                    24 April 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                Below 5% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number            Number             Number          Number of                % of voting 
                of                 of                 of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                Shares             Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
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                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
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 GB00B012TP20   N/A               10,175,457         N/A             N/A        Below         N/A           Below 
                                                                                 5%                          5% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                          Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date            Conversion                         rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)          Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
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 N/A 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration       Exercise/         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial         price          date             Conversion         rights instrument          rights (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)           period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
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 N/A                                                                                            Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 Below 5%                                              Below 5% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 

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 Vulcan Value Partners, LLC is controlled by C.T Fitzpatrick 
  by virtue of C.T. Fitzpatrick holding a majority of 
  voting and economic rights in it. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                The 18 custodians referred 
  13. Additional information:                                    to in item 4 above are as 
                                                                 follows: 
                                                                 BNY Wealth 
                                                                 BNY-CEF 
                                                                 BNY Mellon 
                                                                 Comerica Bank 
                                                                 Fidelity 
                                                                 Fifth Third Bank 
                                                                 JP Morgan 
                                                                 Key Bank 
                                                                 Mellon Asset Servicing 
                                                                 Morgan Stanley 
                                                                 Northern Trust 
                                                                 Pershing 
                                                                 PNC Bank 
                                                                 Schwab 
                                                                 State Street 
                                                                 US Bank 
                                                                 Wells Fargo 
                                                                 Wilmington Trust 
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 14. Contact name: 
                                                                 W. Blevins Naff (Chief Compliance 
                                                                 Officer) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                  [phone] 
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