HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 19 September 2008 it purchased for cancellation 65,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 280.7761p per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 22,845,510 shares for cancellation, since the 8th June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced.