HALFORDS GROUP PLC

Award of Options under Halfords Group Performance Share Plan 2005

To date during August 2012 the following movements have taken place in respect of awards made under the Halfords Group Performance Share Plan 2005:

Dividend Reinvestment - 3 August 2012

For awards made under the Halfords Group Performance Share Plan 2005 from 2009 onwards the Committee, in making such option awards, and using its discretion, specified that subject to the rules of the PSP the Company would procure the transfer to the Awardholder such additional number of award shares as could have been acquired by the reinvestment of dividends paid on the original award shares. Such additional award shares to vest in the same proportion as the original award shares.

The maximum number of shares to be awarded in this way is to be determined on the basis that each such dividend was reinvested on the date of payment of that dividend at a price per share equal to the market value of a share on that day. The total number of shares awarded on the basis of dividends paid on 3 August 2012 is:

 2009 Award Lapse - 8 August 2012

The Remuneration Committee of Halfords Group plc confirmed the lapsing on 8 August 2012 of the PSP 2009 awards in the amounts as follows:

2012 Award - 9 August 2012

The Remuneration Committee of Halfords Group plc awarded shares under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2005 ("PSP") to the following persons displaying managerial responsibility on 9 August 2012: 

Summary

In summary, the movements of options under award to date during August 2012 are therefore:

Lisa Hartshorn

Assistant Company Secretary

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