Transaction in Own Shares

DAILY MAIL & GENERAL TRUST PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

PR Newswire

London, December 21

DMGT (`the Company') announces that on 21 December 2012 it transferred4,184,363 `A' Ordinary Non-Voting Shares out of treasury at a price of £5.4308per share to match obligations to provide shares to minority shareholders ofits Risk Management Solutions subsidiary who had acquired them as a result ofexercising their stock options under its scheme.

Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, DMGT hasacquired from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 4,184,363 `A' Ordinary Non-Votingshares at a price of £5.4308. The shares purchased will be held in treasury.

Following these transfers the total number of `A' Ordinary Non-Voting sharesheld in treasury is 11,950,667 and the total number of `A' Ordinary Non-Votingshares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 361,132,981.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Claire Chapman, DMGT Company Secretary: 020 3615 2653