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
Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street,
London, W8 5TT
www.dmgt.com
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