6th Mar 2009 17:00
6 March, 2009 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT') Transaction in own shares
DMGT announces that on 6 March 2009 it transferred 1,195,150 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares out of treasury in order to meet obligations to provide shares under incentive plans as follows:
a) 1,177,517 shares at a price of £2.337972 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) 17,633 shares at a price of £2.2875 per share to make awards of shares to meet the partial vesting of shares committed during 2004 under the DMGT Long Term Incentive Plan. The share price was that at the close of business on Thursday 5 March, 2009.
Following these transfers, the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares held in treasury is 13,759,756 and the total number of 'A' Ordinary Non Voting Shares in issue after deducting shares held in treasury is 358,936,892.
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 PLCRelated Shares:
DMGT.L