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:                            31 January 2017               
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          45,794                        
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        35.00p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         34.50p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 34.6757p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,434,920,976 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,434,920,976 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

    31 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    3093                              35           09:14:44               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1024                              35           09:33:08               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2502                              35           09:35:36               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3382                            34.75          10:36:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    259                             34.75          10:36:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3240                            34.75          12:20:47               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    199                             34.75          12:46:11               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2860                            34.75          13:49:06               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1629                            34.75          13:55:24               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1260                            34.75          14:06:50               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3271                            34.75          14:30:27               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2847                            34.75          14:48:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    6430                             34.5          15:40:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    406                              34.5          15:41:00               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2736                             34.5          15:41:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    303                              34.5          16:17:10               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3303                             34.5          16:17:10               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3445                             34.5          16:29:01               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3605                             34.5          16:29:01               London Stock Exchange

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