PR Newswire
London, September 25
25 September 2015
Daily Mail and General Trust plc ('DMGT')
Transaction in own shares
DMGT has today transferred out of treasury 1,842,106 A Ordinary Non-Voting shares (A Shares) at a price of £7.495 in order to make an award of shares to match obligations under the dmg information subsidiary share option plan. The share price was that at the close of business on Friday 25 September 2015.
Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, DMGT has acquired from Numis Securities Limited 1,842,106 A Shares at a price of £7.495. The shares purchased will be held in treasury.
Following this transfer, the total number of A Shares held in treasury is 5,000,000 and the total number of A Shares in issue after deducting shares held in treasury is 338,066,342.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Fran Sallas, Deputy Company Secretary, DMGT: 020 3615 2904
