RNS Number:4720P Halfords Group PLC 05 March 2008 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC announces that on 5 March 2008 it purchased for cancellation 150,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 280.235058p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 16,507,694 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