24th Oct 2005 16:17
Halfords Group PLC24 October 2005 Halfords Group plc24 October 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company HALFORDS GROUP PLC 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest 1. FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES2. FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES THE NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS ALSO COMPRISE THE NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF MR EDWARD CJOHNSON 3d, A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONALLIMITED. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 NON-BENEFICIAL 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them SEE SCHEDULE 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 1,394,407 8. Percentage of issued class 0.6% 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 1p 10. Date of transaction NOT STATED 11. Date company informed 24 OCTOBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 10,985,593 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.82% 14. Any additional information THESE NOTIFICATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS CONSTITUTE SEPARATE NOTIFICATIONSOF INTEREST IN THE SHARES AND ARE COMBINED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARITYAND EFFICIENCY. NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE TAKEN TO INDICATE THAT FMR CORP. ANDITS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, OR FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITSDIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES ACT AS A GROUP OR IN CONCERT IN RESPECT OF THEDISCLOSED INTERESTS, OR THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THESE NOTIFICATIONS ONA JOINT BASIS. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries PHILIP PARKER 01527 513025 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification PHILIP PARKER, COMPANY SECRETARY______________________________________________________________ Date of notification 24 October 2005 SCHEDULE FMR Corp.: Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company("FMRCO") and Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC") Fidelity International Limited: Parent holding company for various direct andindirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Pension Management ("FPM"), FidelityInvestment Services Ltd. ("FISL") and Fidelity Investments International ("FII") Shares Held Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 647,158 FPM Northern Trust219,771 FPM Bank of New York, Brussels146,335 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co, London64,414 FPM Bank of New York, London53,400 FPM Citibank, London2,565,000 FMRCO Brown Brothers Harriman and Co7,014,858 FISL JP Morgan, Bournemouth274,657 FII JP Morgan, Bournemouth This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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