5th Dec 2012 17:11
5 December 2012 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT') Transaction in own shares
DMGT (`the Company') announces that it purchased on 5 December 2012, through Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd, 155,000 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares at an average price of £5.4392 per share.
The lowest price paid was £5.340 per share and the highest price paid was £ 5,490 per share.
The shares were purchased pursuant to the Company's share buy-back programme announced on 22 November 2012 and in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 8 February 2012.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 10,910,906 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares as treasury shares. The total number of `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 362,162,742.
The Company has purchased `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares as follows:
Date No. shares Av price Total Total Total Issued bought Treasury Share Capital (excluding Treasury Shares) 29/11/12 218,462 £5.249 218,642 10,406,456 362,677,012 30/11/12 169,170 £5.251 387,812 10,575,626 362,507,842 03/12/12 87,500 £5.2946 475,312 10,663,126 362,420,342 04/12/12 92,600 £5.3235 567,732 10,755,906 362,317,742
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Claire Chapman, DMGT Company Secretary: 020 3615 2653
Daily Mail and General Trust plc Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT www.dmgt.com Registered in England and Wales No. 184594
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