Halfords Regulatory News (HFD)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

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.

X

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:

Ignis Investment Services Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

30 September 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 October 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

B012TP2

8,581,394

4.06%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

CfD

135,000

0.06%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 8,716,394

4.12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

Percentage claculation bsed on ISC of 211,588,176

14. Contact name:

Jean Birrell

15. Contact telephone number:

0141 222 8226

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Ignis Investment Services Ltd

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number & email

0141 222 8286

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Stephanie Griffin

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Jean Birrell

Contact address

50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number & email

0141 222 8286

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

PR Manager

C: Additional information