Halfords Group PLC — Regulatory Filings 2013

Jan 31, 2013

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RNS Number : 7288W

Halfords Group PLC

31 January 2013

31 January 2013

Halfords Group plc

Halfords Group plc ("the Group"), the UK's leading retailer of automotive and leisure products and services and leading independent operator in garage servicing and auto repair, is pleased to announce that it has appointed with immediate effect J.P.Morgan Cazenove as its joint corporate broker alongside Investec Bank plc.

Enquiries

Halfords                                                                                                     +44 (0) 1527 513 113

Craig Marks, Head of Investor Relations                                                                                                   

Maitland                                                                                          +44 (0) 207 379 5151

Neil Bennett                                                                                             

Tom Buchanan                                                                                       

Notes to Editors

www.halfords.com

www.halfordscompany.com

www.halfordsautocentres.com

Halfords Group plc

The Group is the UK's leading retailer of automotive, leisure and cycling products and through Halfords Autocentres also one of the UK's leading independent car servicing and repair operator. Halfords customers shop at more than 460 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland and at halfords.com for pick-up at their local store or direct home delivery. Halfords Autocentres operates from 271 sites* nationally and offers motorists dealership-quality MOTs, repairs and car servicing at affordable prices.

Halfords employs approximately 12,000 staff and sells around 10,000 product lines in stores, increasing to around 16,000 lines online. The product offering encompasses significant ranges in car parts, cycles, in-car technology, child seats, roof boxes, outdoor leisure and camping equipment. Halfords own brands include the in-store Bikehut department, for cycles and cycling accessories, Apollo and Carrera cycles and exclusive UK distribution rights of the premium-ranged Boardman cycles and accessories. In outdoor leisure, we sell a premium range of camping equipment, branded URBAN Escape. Halfords offers customers expert advice and a fitting service called "wefit" for car parts, child seats, satellite navigation and in-car entertainment systems, and a "werepair" service for cycles.

* at 11 January 2013

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