HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 15 September 2008 it purchased for cancellation 75,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 276.2083p per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 22,530,510 shares for cancellation, since the 8 June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced.