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:                            19 January 2017               
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          89,275                        
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        34.75p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         34.50p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 34.5334p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,435,439,137 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,435,439,137 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

    19 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    1562                            34.75          09:58:13               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1965                            34.75          09:58:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1603                             34.5          10:29:51               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1591                             34.5          11:01:17               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1223                             34.5          12:06:20               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    652                              34.5          12:06:20               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4238                             34.5          12:06:20               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1522                             34.5          12:06:20               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1287                             34.5          12:06:27               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    982                              34.5          12:06:27               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1793                             34.5          12:06:27               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1188                             34.5          12:07:24               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1806                             34.5          12:07:24               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    694                              34.5          12:12:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1956                             34.5          12:12:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    587                              34.5          12:12:15               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    911                              34.5          12:15:34               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1796                            34.75          13:21:02               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1310                            34.75          13:32:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    218                             34.75          13:32:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1693                            34.75          13:47:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3386                            34.75          13:47:19               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1808                             34.5          14:38:30               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4682                             34.5          14:40:23               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1611                             34.5          14:56:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1714                             34.5          14:56:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4008                             34.5          14:56:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1246                             34.5          14:56:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    492                              34.5          14:56:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3532                             34.5          14:56:35               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1766                             34.5          14:56:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1797                             34.5          14:59:07               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    583                              34.5          14:59:10               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2807                             34.5          14:59:13               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1520                             34.5          14:59:50               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1578                             34.5          15:24:36               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3734                             34.5          15:24:45               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1614                             34.5          15:37:33               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1899                             34.5          15:39:25               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1648                             34.5          16:09:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3802                             34.5          16:09:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1009                             34.5          16:09:22               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    2784                             34.5          16:09:23               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3082                             34.5          16:20:09               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    27                               34.5          16:20:09               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1910                             34.5          16:23:45               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1541                             34.5          16:29:40               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3118                             34.5          16:29:40               London Stock Exchange

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