RNS Number : 9016T
Halfords Group PLC
05 October 2010
 



Financial Services Authority

 

TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

 

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

 

X

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


 

Other (please specify):

 



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

Ignis Investment Services Limited

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:

 

30 September 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 October 2010

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

 

4%

 

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

B012TP2




8,581,394

 

4.06%


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

CfD



135,000

0.06%


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




Total (A B C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 8,716,394

4.12%

 

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

 

Pearl Group Limited 

Pearl Group Holdings (No.1) Ltd

Impala Holdings Limited

Ignis Asset Management Ltd

Pearl Group Holdings (No.1) Ltd

Ignis Investment Services Ltd (indirect) 


Vidacos Nominees Ltd (6,209,656 @ 2.93%)

State Street Nominees (1,645,290 @ 0.78%)

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd (726,448 @ 0.34%)

HSBC (85,000 @ 0.04%)

Merrill Lynch (50,000 @ 0.02%)



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:

Percentage claculation bsed on ISC of 211,588,176

 

14. Contact name:

Jean Birrell

15. Contact telephone number:

0141 222 8226


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex:  Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 

Ignis Investment Services Ltd

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 

50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number & email

 

0141 222 8286

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 

Stephanie Griffin



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

 

Jean Birrell

Contact address

 

50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number & email

 

0141 222 8286

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

PR Manager


C: Additional information



 


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