13 January 2014

                   Daily Mail and General Trust plc (`DMGT')

                           Transaction in own shares

DMGT has today transferred out of treasury 9,233 A Ordinary Non-Voting shares
(A Shares) at a price of £9.725 in order to make an award of shares to meet the
vesting of a transition award to a participant in the DMGT Long Term Incentive
Plan. The share price was that at the close of business on Thursday 2 January
2014 in accordance with the Plan Rules.

Following this transfer, the total number of A Shares held in treasury is
20,298,415 and the total number of A Shares in issue after deducting shares
held in treasury is 353,510,618.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Fran Sallas, DMGT Assistant Company Secretary: 020 3615 2904

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                                                                 London, W8 5TT

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