RNS Number:9846P Halfords Group PLC 12 March 2008 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC announces that on 12 March 2008 it purchased for cancellation 250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 268.948869p per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 17,557,694 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