Transaction in Own Shares

26 September 2011

HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 26 September 2011 it purchased, through Investec Bank PLC, 131,082 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 315.2387 pence per share. The highest price paid was 316.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 313.5 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 8,270,265 shares for cancellation and 5,449,620 for transfer into treasury, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.