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:                            18 January 2017               
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          104,439                       
    (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 34.7408p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,435,528,412 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,435,528,412 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

    18 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    2356                             34.5          08:55:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3166                             34.5          09:08:53               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    650                              34.5          09:08:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1177                            34.75          09:09:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    352                             34.75          09:09:25               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4448                            34.75          09:09:25               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    890                             34.75          09:09:32               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1872                            34.75          09:09:32               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1509                            34.75          09:10:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4132                            34.75          09:10:23               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    719                             34.75          09:12:41               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1849                            34.75          09:12:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2708                            34.75          09:18:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1892                            34.75          10:10:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    141                             34.75          10:10:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1995                             34.5          10:12:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4076                             34.5          10:12:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    10285                            34.5          10:12:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    266                              34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3280                             34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    238                              34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    800                              34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1241                             34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1549                             34.5          13:07:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4107                            34.75          13:11:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    333                             34.75          13:11:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    571                             34.75          13:11:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2123                            34.75          13:11:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    106                             34.75          13:11:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1702                            34.75          13:12:11               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    631                               35           13:22:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3945                              35           13:22:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2105                              35           13:51:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2208                              35           13:51:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2403                            34.75          14:05:20               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1070                            34.75          14:06:04               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    943                             34.75          14:06:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2018                            34.75          14:06:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    134                             34.75          14:06:44               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    825                             34.75          14:07:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1478                            34.75          14:07:47               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1171                            34.75          14:32:50               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    842                             34.75          14:36:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1504                            34.75          14:39:09               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2143                              35           14:39:43               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2236                              35           15:45:23               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2013                              35           15:48:06               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1932                              35           15:48:13               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1433                              35           15:48:47               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    111                               35           15:48:47               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1133                              35           15:49:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    611                               35           15:49:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    957                               35           15:49:29               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1920                            34.75          15:51:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    952                             34.75          15:51:42               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    291                             34.75          15:51:49               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2439                              35           15:53:35               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1900                              35           16:21:59               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    281                               35           16:22:04               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2277                            34.75          16:22:29               London Stock Exchange

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