21 December 2016

                        Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)                    

                               Transaction in own shares                           

    DMGT announces that on 21 December 2016 it transferred 726,495 A Ordinary
    Non-Voting Shares (A Shares) out of treasury at a price of £7.79 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.  The share price was based on the volume
    weighted average for 21 December 2016 which was £7.79.

    Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, DMGT has
    acquired from Numis Securities Limited 726,495 A Shares at a price of £7.79. 
    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: 020 3615 2904

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