RNS Number:2722O Halfords Group PLC 19 December 2006 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC ("the Company") announces that on 19 December 2006 it purchased for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 364.0p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 5,913,956 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