HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 24 May 2011 it purchased for cancellation 185,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 392.0083p per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 4,260,000 shares for cancellation, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.