HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 17 May 2011 it purchased for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 397.1526p per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 3,345,000 shares for cancellation, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.