15 November 2011

HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 15 November 2011 it purchased, through Investec Bank PLC, 18,582 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 339.0171 pence per share. The highest price paid was 340.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 335.8 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 9,443,463 shares for cancellation and 5,449,620 for transfer into treasury, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.