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

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26/03/2021 10:05

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

   26-March-2021 / 10:00 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    Wilmington, Delaware, USA
   (if applicable)
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
                                            J.P. Morgan Investment  Management
                                            Inc.

   Name                                     JPMorgan  Asset  Management   (UK)
                                            Limited

                                             
   City and country of registered office    London, United Kingdom
   (if applicable)
   5. Date on which the threshold was       24 March 2021
   crossed or reachedvi:
   6. Date on which issuer notified         25 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 + 8.B) rights held in
                        of 8. A)    (total of 8.B 1             issuervii
                                       + 8.B 2)
   Resulting                 
   situation on the
   date on which        5.058613%      0.320232%     5.378845%    10,710,195
   threshold was
   crossed or reached        
   Position of
   previous
   notification (if       4.81%          0.32%         5.13%     

   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                      10,072,558                    5.058613%
                                                                   
                                                                   
   SUBTOTAL 8.              10,072,558                      5.058613%
   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           Cash        637,637   0.320232%
   Swap
                                                                        
    

                                        SUBTOTAL 8.B.2   637,637   0.320232%

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
                                                                   

    

   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
      Name of                     % of voting    rights through  Total of both
      ultimate       Name of      rights if it     financial     if it equals
                    controlled    equals or is   instruments if  or is higher
    controlling    undertaking    higher than   it equals or is    than the
      personxv                   the notifiable higher than the   notifiable
                                   threshold       notifiable      threshold
                                                   threshold
   JPMorgan Asset JPMorgan Asset
   Management     Management     4.989705%      0.320232%        5.309937%
   Holdings Inc.  (UK) Limited
   JPMorgan Asset J.P. Morgan
   Management     Investment     0%             0%               0%
   Holdings Inc.  Management
                  Inc.
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
    
   10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
   Name of the proxy holder                     N/A
   The number and % of voting rights held       N/A
   The date until which the voting rights will  N/A
   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  25 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.:   96320
   EQS News ID:    1178682


    
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