RNS Number:3143N Halfords Group PLC 05 December 2006 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC ("the Company") announces that on 5 December 2006 it purchased for cancellation 50,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 363.5p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 5,333,956 shares for cancellation, since the 8 June when the buy back programme commenced. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END