Transaction in Own Shares

Halfords Group PLC
08 August 2006

HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC ('the Company') announces that on 08 August 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 301.30p per
ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 3,207,914 shares
for cancellation, since the 8 June when the buy back programme commenced.




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