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:                            3 January 2017                
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          127,702                       
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        32.00p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         31.50p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 31.7336p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,436,769,258 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,436,769,258 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

    3 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    3772                            31.75          11:37:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4100                            31.75          12:02:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1656                            31.75          12:13:55               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2894                            31.75          12:13:55               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4240                            31.75          12:58:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4327                            31.75          13:11:58               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3275                            31.75          14:07:49               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    995                             31.75          14:07:49               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4224                            31.75          14:39:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4212                            31.75          14:49:44               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4249                            31.75          15:17:49               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3968                             31.5          15:28:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4460                             31.5          15:28:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1461                            31.75          15:39:51               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    5506                            31.75          15:39:51               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    9564                              32           15:39:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    18777                           31.75          15:39:53               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    10888                           31.75          15:39:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    15147                           31.75          15:39:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4614                            31.75          15:39:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2489                            31.75          15:39:57               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1971                            31.75          15:40:00               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1221                            31.75          15:40:01               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    154                             31.75          15:40:01               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    9538                             31.5          16:01:16               London Stock Exchange

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