RNS Number:7352C Halfords Group PLC 23 August 2007 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC ("the Company") announces that on 23 August 2007 it purchased for cancellation 40,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 386.655p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 12,060,956 shares for cancellation, since the 8 June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END