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25/04/2017 13:35

RNS Number : 2779D
Halfords Group PLC
25 April 2017
TR-1 : NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
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

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:iii
Vulcan Value Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Vulcan")
C.T Fitzpatrick, an individual resident of Alabama, United States of America
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
Vulcan Value Partners, LLC 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.
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
20 April 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:
24 April 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
Below 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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 x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
GB00B012TP20
N/A
10,175,457
N/A
N/A
Below 5%
N/A
Below 5%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
N/A





C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
N/A



Nominal
Delta



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
Below 5%
Below 5%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:



13. Additional information:
The 18 custodians referred 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
14. Contact name:
W. Blevins Naff (Chief Compliance Officer)
15. Contact telephone number:
+1 205 803 1582

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