Transaction in Own Shares

Halfords Group PLC
23 August 2007


HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC ('the Company') announces that on 23 August 2007 it purchased
for cancellation 40,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 386.655p per
ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 12,060,956 shares
for cancellation, since the 8 June 2006 when the buy back programme commenced.



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