DAILY MAIL & GENERAL TRUST PLC - Cancellation of Ordinary Shares and listing of A Shares

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                                                                30 October 2013

                   Daily Mail and General Trust plc ("DMGT")

   Cancellation of listing of DMGT Ordinary Shares and listing of new DMGT A
                                    Shares

DMGT announces that at 8:00 a.m. today the UK Listing Authority cancelled the
listing of DMGT Ordinary Shares on the Official List and the London Stock
Exchange cancelled the trading of DMGT Ordinary Shares on the London Stock
Exchange's main market for listed securities.

DMGT further announces that at 8:00 a.m. today 268,538 new DMGT A Shares
created pursuant to the Scheme were listed on the Official List and were
admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market.

Defined terms used in this announcement, unless defined herein, have the same
meanings as in the scheme circular published by DMGT on 7 September 2013.

A copy of this announcement will be available on DMGT's website at:
http://www.dmgt.com.

Enquiries:

DMGT                                                            
Stephen Daintith
Claire Chapman

Lazard (Financial Adviser to the Independent DMGT Directors)    
Nicholas Shott
Cyrus Kapadia

Brunswick Group LLP (Public Relations Adviser to DMGT)          +44 20 7404 5959
Kim Fletcher
Charlie Potter

Rothschild (Financial Adviser to RCL)                           
Dominic Hollamby

Rothschild, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and
regulated in the UK by the FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is
acting exclusively for RCL and no one else in connection with the Proposal and
will not be responsible to anyone other than RCL for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Rothschild or for providing advice in relation to the
Proposal or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Neither
Rothschild nor any of its associates owes or accepts any duty, liability or
responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in
tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of
Rothschild in connection with any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Lazard & Co., Limited (Lazard), which is authorised and regulated in the UK by
the FCA, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to the Independent DMGT
Directors and no one else in connection with the Proposal and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Independent DMGT Directors for providing
the protections afforded to clients of Lazard or for providing advice in
relation to the Proposal or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
Neither Lazard nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or
responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in
tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Lazard
in connection with any statement contained herein or otherwise.

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