REG-Halfords Group PLC Halfords Group PLC: Holding in Company

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   Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
   Halfords Group PLC: Holding in Company

   18-March-2021 / 15:36 GMT/BST
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   TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

    

   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
                                                                              
                                                              

   1a. Identity of the issuer or the                Halfords Group PLC
   underlying issuer of existing shares to
   which voting rights are attachedii:        

                                              
   1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an
   "X" if appropriate)
   Non-UK issuer                                                           
   2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes
   with an "X")
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            X
   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                     
   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        
   Other (please specify)iii:                                              
   3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
   Name                                      JPMorgan     Asset     Management
                                             Holdings Inc.
   City and country of registered office (if Wilmington, Delaware, USA
   applicable)
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
                                             JPMorgan  Asset  Management  (UK)
                                             Limited
   Name
                                             J.P. Morgan Investment Management
                                             Inc.
   City and country of registered office (if London, United Kingdom
   applicable)
   5. Date on which the threshold was        17 March 2021
   crossed or reachedvi:
   6. Date on which issuer notified          18 March 2021
   (DD/MM/YYYY):
   7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                       % of voting     % of voting
                         rights      rights through   Total of  Total number
                       attached to      financial     both in % of voting
                      shares (total    instruments     (8.A +   rights held in
                        of 8. A)    (total of 8.B 1 +   8.B)    issuervii
                                         8.B 2)
   Resulting                 
   situation on the
   date on which          4.81%           0.32%         5.13%     10,217,092
   threshold was
   crossed or reached        
   Position of
   previous
   notification (if        n/a             n/a           n/a     

   applicable)
                                                                         

    

   8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
   threshold was crossed or reachedviii
   A: Voting rights attached to shares
   Class/type   Number of voting rightsix          % of voting rights
   of                 Direct          Indirect         Direct       Indirect
   shares
                    (Art 9 of        (Art 10 of      (Art 9 of     (Art 10 of
   ISIN code        Directive         Directive      Directive     Directive
   (if             2004/109/EC)     2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)  2004/109/EC)
   possible)         (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1)       (DTR5.1)     (DTR5.2.1)
   GB00B012TP20                       9,570,933                      4.81%
                                                                   
                                                                   
   SUBTOTAL 8.              9,570,933                         4.81%
   A
    

    
   B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive
   2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                             Number of voting
   Type of                 Exercise/         rights that may be
   financial    Expiration Conversion        acquired if the      % of voting
   instrument   datex      Periodxi          instrument is        rights

                                             exercised/converted.
                                                                        
                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 1                              
    

    
   B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art.
   13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
   Type of                 Exercise/    Physical or     Number of
   financial  Expiration   Conversion   cash            voting    % of voting
   instrument datex        Period xi                    rights    rights
                                        settlementxii
   Equity         n/a          n/a            n/a        646,159     0.32%
   Swap
                                                                        
    

                                        SUBTOTAL 8.B.2   646,159     0.32%

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
                                                                   

    

   9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
   obligation (please mark the

   applicable box with an "X")
   Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by
   any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other       
   undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the
   (underlying) issuerxiii
   Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
   rights and/or the
   financial instruments are effectively held starting with the           X
   ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add
   additional rows as necessary)
                        % of voting     % of voting rights   Total of both if
                       rights if it      through financial    it equals or is
        Namexv         equals or is      instruments if it    higher than the
                      higher than the   equals or is higher     notifiable
                        notifiable      than the notifiable      threshold
                         threshold           threshold
   JPMorgan Asset
   Management                                                 
   Holdings Inc.
   JPMorgan Asset
   Management                                                 
   International
   Limited
   JPMorgan Asset
   Management (UK)                                                 5.06%
   Limited
                                                                      
   JPMorgan Asset
   Management                                                         
   Holdings Inc.
   J.P. Morgan
   Investment                                                         
   Management Inc.
    
   10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
   Name of the proxy holder            N/A
   The number and % of voting rights   N/A
   held
   The date until which the voting     N/A
   rights will be held
    
   11. Additional informationxvi
   JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.

   JPMorgan Asset Management International Limited (100%)

   JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited (100%)

    

   JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC (100%)

   JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.(100%)

   J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (100%)
                                                                        

    

   Place of completion London, United Kingdom
   Date of completion  18 March 2021

    

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   ISIN:           GB00B012TP20
   Category Code:  HOL
   TIDM:           HFD
   LEI Code:       54930086FKBWWJIOBI79
   OAM Categories: 2.3. Major shareholding notifications
   Sequence No.:   95884
   EQS News ID:    1176790


    
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