HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 28 August 2008 it purchased for cancellation 18,488 of its ordinary shares at a price of 280.1775p per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 22,224,474 shares for cancellation, since the 8 June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced.