RNS Number:9463N Halfords Group PLC 14 December 2006 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC ("the Company") announces that on 14 December 2006 it purchased for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 361.40p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 5,708,956 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