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:                            16 January 2017               
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          31,523                        
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        34.00p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         33.50p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 33.8259p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,435,693,970 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,435,693,970 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.

    RICHARD MALONEY

    COMPANY SECRETARY

    16 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    2538                              34           10:18:30               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    837                               34           10:18:30               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1818                              34           10:24:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1639                              34           10:58:03               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3802                              34           12:24:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1901                              34           12:24:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2171                             33.5          12:27:33               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1946                             33.5          12:27:33               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1399                             33.5          12:27:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    498                              33.5          12:27:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3734                             33.5          12:30:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    576                              33.5          12:31:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    654                              33.5          12:31:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2104                              34           12:33:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    101                               34           12:33:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    429                               34           12:33:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1430                              34           12:33:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    287                               34           12:47:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    933                               34           12:47:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    652                               34           12:47:32               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2074                              34           14:16:10               London Stock Exchange

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