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Autobacs Seven Co.Ld13 December 2005 (Translation) December 13, 2005 Koichi Sumino Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer AUTOBACS SEVEN CO., LTD. 6-52, Toyosu 5-Chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo Stock Exchange Listings: Tokyo, Osaka, and London Person to Contact: Masaru Fujimura Manager of Corporate Planning, IR and InfoCenter Telephone No.: +81-3-6219-8787 To Whom It May Concern: Announcement of Acquisition of Stocks of Halfords Group plc AUTOBACS SEVEN CO., LTD. ("AUTOBACS"; Koichi Sumino, Representative Director andCEO) whose head office is in Tokyo, Japan announced today the followingacquisition of stocks of Halfords Group plc.to further develop collaborationagreement concluded on July 11,2005 . Contents of shares acquired 1) Name of Issuer Halfords Group plc 2) Type of stock Common stock 3) Number of shares acquired 11,400,000 shares 4) Amounts Approx 7.5 billion Yen (Reference) General Information on AUTOBACS SEVEN CO., LTD. (as of March 31, 2005) 1. Trade Name : AUTOBACS SEVEN CO., LTD. 2. Location of Head Office : 6-52, Toyosu 5-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 3. Representative : Koichi Sumino, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer 4. Incorporation : 1948 5. Capital : 31,958 million yen 6. Net Sales : 226,779 million yen (Consolidated) 7. Number of Employees : 4,023 (Consolidated) 8. Number of Stores : 572 (including franchise stores) 9. Principal Business : Retail of automobile related products and services. Also provides comprehensive automobile related services, such as car statutory safety inspections, maintenance services, and automobile sales. Includes franchise-owned stores for AUTOBACS and Super AUTOBACS format. General Information on Halfords Group plc (as of March 31, 2005) 1. Trade Name : Halfords Group plc 2. Location of Head Office : Icknield Street Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DE England 3. Representative : Ian McLeod, Chief Executive Officer 4. Incorporation : 1892 5. Capital : GBP 2.95 million (approximately 590 million yen) 6. Net Sales : GBP 628. 4 million (approximately 125.6 billion yen) 7. Number of Employees : 10,000 8. Number of Stores : 398 9. Principal Business : Retail of automobile related products, leisure and cycling products. Also develops and sells wide range of own brand name items. (end of document) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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