HALFORDS GROUP PLC

FINANCIAL CALENDAR

Halfords Group plc announces the following changes to its financial calendar:

Wednesday 16 December 2009.	Ex dividend date
Friday 18 December 2009	Record date
Monday 25 January 2010	Interim Dividend payment date.

For information contact:

Analysts:

Halfords Group plc

Nick Wharton, Finance Director     44 (0) 1527 513047

Tony Newbould, Investor Relations Officer     44 (0) 1527 513113 

Media:

Maitland

Neil Bennett     44 (0) 207 379 5151

Richard Farnsworth     44 (0) 207 379 5151

Notes to Editors:

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Halfords Group plc

The Group employs approximately 10,000 staff and sells over 10,000 different product lines, ranging from car parts and cycles through to the latest in-car technology, child seats, roof boxes and outdoor leisure and camping equipment. Halfords' own brands include Bikehut, for cycles and cycling accessories, including the Apollo and Carrera brands and in the premium range exclusive UK distribution rights of Boardman cycles and accessories. In our outdoor leisure range URBAN Escape represents our premium range for camping equipment. Operating from 469 stores, including internationally, 23 stores in Republic of Ireland, five stores in the Czech Republic and one in Poland, and 33 smaller format, compact stores Halfords offers a "wefit" service for car parts, child seats, satellite navigation and in-car entertainment systems, and a "werepair" service for cycles.

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