Pendragon PLC: Transaction in Own Shares                    

    Pendragon PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation
    (through Jefferies International Limited) the following number of its ordinary
    shares of 5p each on the London Stock Exchange.

    Date of purchase:                            26 July 2016                  
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          59,850                        
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        33.64p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         33.12p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 33.3064p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,453,156,031 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,453,156,031 represents the total voting
    rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
    the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify
    their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the
    Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

    The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by
    Jefferies on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

    HILARY C SYKES

    COMPANY SECRETARY

    26 JULY 2016

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    313                             33.64          09:31:38               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    6                               33.64          09:31:38               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4017                            33.64          09:32:05               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1568                            33.59          10:03:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2208                            33.59          10:03:53               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1059                            33.59          10:04:10               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4722                            33.62          10:10:56               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4680                            33.19          13:39:03               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3792                            33.23          14:32:11               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4120                            33.15          14:45:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4304                            33.15          14:45:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    553                             33.15          14:54:29               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3310                            33.15          14:54:29               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3906                            33.18          15:00:45               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    32                              33.17          15:18:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    661                             33.17          15:18:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1210                            33.17          15:18:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1898                            33.17          15:18:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    513                             33.17          15:18:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    692                             33.12          15:26:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1688                            33.12          15:26:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1535                            33.12          15:26:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3778                            33.37          16:03:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1940                            33.29          16:15:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2738                            33.29          16:20:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4607                            33.33          16:26:06               London Stock Exchange

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