Transaction in Own Shares

13th Mar 2009 16:03

13 March, 2009 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT') Transaction in own shares

DMGT announces that on 13 March 2009 it transferred 500,000 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares out of treasury at a price of £2.176721 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.

Following this transfer, the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares held in treasury is 13,259,756 and the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares in issue after deducting shares held in treasury is 359,436,892.

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 PLC

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