26 January 2017

                        Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)                    

                               Transaction in own shares                           

    DMGT announces that on 26 January 2017 it transferred 1,199,759 A Ordinary
    Non-Voting Shares (A Shares) out of treasury at a price of £7.00 per share to
    match obligations to provide shares to option holders of its Genscape
    subsidiary as a result of exercising their options under its stock option
    plan.  The share price was based on the volume weighted average for 26 January
    2017 which was £7.00.

    Simultaneous with the transfer out of treasury of these shares, DMGT has
    acquired from Numis Securities Limited 1,199,759 A Shares at a price of £7.00. 
    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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