Transaction in Own Shares

DAILY MAIL & GENERAL TRUST PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

PR Newswire

London, May 26

26 May 2017

Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)

Transaction in own shares

DMGT announces that on 26 May 2017 it transferred 50,244 A Ordinary Non-Voting Shares (A Shares) out of treasury at a price of £6.955 per share to match obligations to provide shares to option holders of its Trepp subsidiary who had acquired them as a result of exercising their options under its stock option plan. The share price was based on the volume weighted average for 26 May 2017 which was £6.955.

Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, DMGT has acquired from Numis Securities Limited 50,244 A Shares at a price of £6.955. The shares purchased will be held in treasury.

Following these transfers the total number of A Shares held in treasury is 5,000,000 and the total number of A Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 337,204,470.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Fran Sallas, DMGT Deputy Company Secretary: +44(0)20 3615 2904

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