RNS Number:9057F Halfords Group PLC 17 October 2007 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC announces that on 17 October 2007 it purchased for cancellation 25,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 347.21p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 12,625,956 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