HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 14 May 2008 it purchased for cancellation 75,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 279.51 pence per ordinary share. 

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 20,659,760 shares for cancellation, since the 8 June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced.