Holding(s) in Company

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

Halfords Group Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments.

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):______________

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

See additional information under 13

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

06 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

07 August 2009

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

Below the threshold of 5%

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

Direct

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect

ISINGB00B012TP20

ORD

GBP 0.01

10,619,637

10,619,637

156,241

156,241

10,232,376

0.074%

4.874%

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

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

% of voting rights

10,388,617

4.948%

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:

Registered Owner

Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 41407 1,630,000

Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd A/c 04F607602 10,350

Ameriprise Financial Inc A/c 21,800

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 165,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 179,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 2,090,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 39,241

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 117,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10478 20,983

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 7,300

Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd A/c 36199142 200,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 94,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 36,800

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 169,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 67,872

Roy Nominees A/c 104450 154,911

Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 466,622

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 175,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 160,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 1,516,600

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492 340,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 460,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 345,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 1,213,638

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 475,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348 233,000

14. Contact name:

Company Secretary, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone number:

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