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   Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
   Halfords Group PLC: Holding in Company

   26-Jan-2022 / 13:39 GMT/BST
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   TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

    

   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
                                                                             
   1a. Identity of the issuer or the
   underlying issuer of existing shares to         HALFORDS GROUP PLC
   which voting rights are attached ii:
   1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an
   "X" if appropriate)
   Non-UK issuer                                                          
   2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes
   with an "X")
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           X
   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                    
   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       
   Other (please specify) iii:                                            
   3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
                                           Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated
                                           investment management entities
   Name                                    with delegated voting rights on
                                           behalf of multiple managed
                                           portfolios
   City and country of registered office   Edinburgh, United Kingdom
   (if applicable)
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
   Name                                     
   City and country of registered office    
   (if applicable)
   5. Date on which the threshold was      24 January 2022
   crossed or reached vi:
   6. Date on which issuer notified        25 January 2022
   (DD/MM/YYYY):
   7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                      % of voting    % of voting               Total number
                        rights     rights through   Total of   of voting
                      attached to     financial     both in %  rights held in
                     shares (total   instruments   (8.A + 8.B) issuer (8.A +
                       of 8. A)    (total of 8.B 1             8.B) vii
                                      + 8.B 2)
   Resulting
   situation on the
   date on which     5.253246%     0.00%           5.253246%   11,500,866
   threshold was
   crossed or
   reached
   Position of
   previous
   notification (if  Below 5%      0.00%           Below 5%     

   applicable)
                                                                        

    

   8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
   threshold was crossed or reached viii
   A: Voting rights attached to shares
   Class/type of Number of voting rights ix         % of voting rights
   shares
                      Direct          Indirect          Direct      Indirect
   ISIN code (if
   possible)         (DTR5.1)         (DTR5.2.1)       (DTR5.1)    (DTR5.2.1)
   GB00B012TP20                   11,500,866                       5.253246%
                                                                    
                                                                    
   SUBTOTAL 8. A             11,500,866                     5.253246%
    

    
   B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
                                              Number of voting
   Type of                  Exercise/         rights that may be   % of
   financial     Expiration Conversion Period acquired if the      voting
   instrument    date x     xi                instrument is        rights

                                              exercised/converted.
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                            SUBTOTAL 8. B 1                         
    

    
   B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
   DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
   Type of                  Exercise/    Physical or cash Number   % of
   financial   Expiration   Conversion                    of       voting
   instrument  date x       Period xi    Settlement xii   voting   rights
                                                          rights
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                         SUBTOTAL 8.B.2             
    

    
                                                                    

    

   9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
   obligation (please mark the

   applicable box with an "X")
   Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled
   by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any        
   other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest
   in the (underlying) issuer xiii
   Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
   rights and/or the
   financial instruments are effectively held starting with the         X
   ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add
   additional rows as necessary) xiv
                                      % of voting rights
               % of voting rights if  through financial   Total of both if it
     Name xv      it equals or is     instruments if it   equals or is higher
                  higher than the    equals or is higher  than the notifiable
               notifiable threshold  than the notifiable       threshold
                                          threshold
   abrdn plc                                               
               abrdn Investments
   abrdn plc                                               
               (Holdings) Limited
               abrdn Investment
   abrdn plc                                               
               Management Limited
                                                           
   abrdn plc                                               
               abrdn Investments
   abrdn plc                                               
               (Holdings) Limited
   abrdn plc   Ignis Asset                                 
               Management Limited
   abrdn plc   Ignis Investment                            
               Services Limited
                                                           
   abrdn plc                                               
               Aberdeen Asset
   abrdn plc                                               
               Management PLC
               Aberdeen Asset
   abrdn plc                                               
               Managers Limited
                                                           
   abrdn plc                                               
   abrdn plc   Aberdeen Asset                              
               Management PLC
               Aberdeen Asset
   abrdn plc   Investment Group                            
               Limited
               Aberdeen Asset
   abrdn plc                                               
               Investment Limited
    
   10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
   Name of the proxy holder           
   The number and % of voting rights  
   held
   The date until which the voting    
   rights will be held
    
   11. Additional information xvi
   In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named
   discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on
   behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements
   whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the
   referenced investment manager.
                                                                     

    

   Place of completion 25 January 2022
   Date of completion  Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    

    

    

    

    

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   ISIN:           GB00B012TP20
   Category Code:  HOL
   TIDM:           HFD
   LEI Code:       54930086FKBWWJIOBI79
   OAM Categories: 2.3. Major shareholding notifications
   Sequence No.:   139088
   EQS News ID:    1273193


    
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