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 shares viii, 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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