Paragon Group Regulatory News (PAG)

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC:

Transaction in own shares

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £1.00 each on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") from UBS Limited ("UBS") as part of its buyback programme announced on 24 November 2015.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 24,588,539 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 284,978,184 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (284,978,184) 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.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions