RNS Number:0361U Halfords Group PLC 08 May 2008 HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halfords Group PLC announces that on 8 May 2008 it purchased for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 288.6985 pence per ordinary share. Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 20,300,026 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