29th Jan 2009 09:00
29 January, 2009 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT') Transaction in own shares
DMGT announces that on 28 January 2009 it transferred 3,260,501 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares out of treasury in order to meet obligations to provide shares under various incentive plans as follows:
a) 2,530,562 shares at a price of £2.64233 per share to match obligations to provide shares to minority shareholders of its Risk Management Solutions subsidiary who had acquired them as a result of exercising their stock options under its scheme.
b) 688,004 shares at a price of £2.64233 per share to match obligations to provide shares to minority shareholders of its Genscape subsidiary who had acquired them as a result of exercising their stock options under its scheme.
c) 41,935 shares at a price of £2.53 per share to meet awards of shares under the DMGT Executive Bonus Scheme 2002. The share price was that at the close of business on Friday 23 January 2009.
Following these transfers, the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares held in treasury is 14,954,906 and the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares in issue after deducting shares held in treasury is 357,741,742.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
N D Jennings, DMGT Company Secretary: 020 7938 6625
Daily Mail and General Trust plc Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT Tel 020 7938 6000 Fax 020 7938 4626 www.dmgt.co.uk Registered in England and Wales No. 184594
DAILY MAIL & GENERAL TRUST PLCRelated Shares:
DMGT.L