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 Daily Mail and General Trust plc Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT www.dmgt.com Registered in England and Wales No. 184594