Transaction in Own Shares

27 September 2011

HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC announces that on 27 September 2011 it purchased, through Investec Bank PLC, 150,000 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 317.9611 pence per share. The highest price paid was 320.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 314.7 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 8,420,265 shares for cancellation and 5,449,620 for transfer into treasury, since 7 April 2011 when the buy back programme commenced.