28th Mar 2012 17:18
28 March 2012 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT') Transaction in own shares
DMGT announces that on 28 March 2012 it transferred 1,447,670 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares out of treasury at a price of £4.587764 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.
Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, the Company has acquired from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 1,447,670 'A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares at a price of £4.587764. The shares purchased will be held in treasury.
Following these transfers, the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non-Voting Shares held in treasury is 10,228,174 and the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non-Voting Shares in issue after deducting shares held in treasury is 362,769,474.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
N D Jennings, DMGT Company Secretary: 020 3615 2905
Daily Mail and General Trust plc Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT Tel 020 7938 6000 Fax 020 7938 4626 www.dmgt.com Registered in England and Wales No. 184594
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