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Daily Mail and General Trust plc

("DMGT" or the "Company")

5 March 2019

Publication of shareholder circular (the "Circular") in connection with the Proposed Distributions and notice of class meeting

DMGT has today published a Circular and notice of class meeting in connection with the Proposed Distributions announced on 3 March 2019, and all defined terms used herein have the same meaning as in that announcement unless otherwise stated. These documents are available for inspection at the registered office of the Company and on www.dmgt.com.

Approval in connection with the Proposed Distributions will be sought from the Fully Participating Shareholders at a class meeting to take place at 2.30p.m. on 26 March 2019 at J.P. Morgan, 60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP (the "Class Meeting"), notice of which is included in the Circular. A special resolution will be proposed at the Class Meeting seeking the Fully Participating Shareholders' approval of the variation of the rights attaching to their A Shares required to implement the Proposed Distributions.

Additional information

In accordance with Listing Rule paragraph 14.3.6, a copy of the Circular has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism.

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DMGT manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies, with total revenues of around £1.4bn, that provide businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news and entertainment. DMGT is also a founding investor and the largest shareholder of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.

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UNITED STATES AND OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS

The implications of the Proposed Distributions for, and the distribution of this announcement to, overseas DMGT Shareholders may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which such overseas DMGT Shareholders are located. Such overseas DMGT Shareholders should inform themselves about, and observe, all applicable legal requirements.

It is the responsibility of any person into whose possession this announcement comes to satisfy themselves as to their full observance of the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection with the Proposed Distributions and the distribution of this announcement, including the obtaining of any governmental, exchange control or other consents that may be required and/or compliance with other necessary formalities that are required to be observed and the payment of any issue, transfer or other taxes due in such jurisdiction.

Overseas DMGT Shareholders should consult their own legal and tax advisers with respect to the legal and tax consequences of the Proposed Distribution in their particular circumstances.

The Euromoney Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be resold within the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. At the time of the Euromoney Distribution, the Euromoney Shares will not be listed on any securities exchange in the United States, and it is expected that Euromoney will rely on the exemption from registration under the US Securities Exchange Act, provided by Rule 12g3-2(b) thereunder.

FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Lazard & Co., Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for the Independent Committee and for no one else in connection with the Proposed Distributions and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Independent Committee for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the Proposed Distributions. Neither Lazard & Co., Limited 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 & Co., Limited in connection with this document, any statement contained herein, the Proposed Distributions or otherwise.

J.P. Morgan Securities plc (which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove and which is authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority), is acting as financial adviser exclusively to DMGT and no one else in connection with the Proposed Distributions and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Proposed Distributions and shall not be responsible to anyone other than DMGT for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, or for providing advice in connection with the Proposed Distributions or any matter referred to herein.

Credit Suisse International is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Credit Suisse is acting exclusively for the Independent Committee and for no one else in connection with the Proposed Distributions and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Independent Committee for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the Proposed Distributions. Neither Credit Suisse 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 Credit Suisse in connection with this document, any statement contained herein, the Proposed Distributions or otherwise.