07 December 2011

HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 07 December 2011 it purchased, through Investec Bank PLC, 50,000 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 319.2251 pence per share. The highest price paid was 320 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 317.0 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 10,816,937 shares for cancellation and 5,449,620 for transfer into treasury, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.