Transaction in Own Shares

Halfords Group PLC
29 August 2006



                   HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES



Halfords Group PLC announces that on 29 August 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 90,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 319.652778p per
ordinary share.



Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 4,160,666 shares
for cancellation, since the 8 June when the buy back programme commenced.






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