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:                            5 January 2017                
                                                                               
    Number of ordinary shares purchased          221,409                       
    (aggregated volume):                                                       
                                                                               
    Highest price paid per share (pence):        31.75p                        
                                                                               
    Lowest price paid per share (pence):         31.50p                        
                                                                               
    Volume weighted average price paid per share 31.5354p                      
    (pence):                                                                   

    Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 1,436,483,501 ordinary
    shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no
    shares held in treasury.  This figure 1,436,483,501 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

    5 JANUARY 2017

                    Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions                

    Number of shares          Transaction price    Time of transaction    Trading venue        
    purchased                 (pence per share)                                                
                                                                                               
    3514                             31.5          08:56:12               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3714                             31.5          09:20:51               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3709                             31.5          09:35:56               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3716                             31.5          09:54:08               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3711                             31.5          10:25:39               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1067                             31.5          11:02:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    320                              31.5          11:02:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3025                             31.5          11:02:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3836                             31.5          11:11:32               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3515                             31.5          11:14:39               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    1188                             31.5          11:27:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3135                             31.5          11:27:54               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4276                             31.5          11:32:29               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3604                             31.5          11:45:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3570                             31.5          11:48:52               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3642                             31.5          11:58:03               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4151                             31.5          12:02:26               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    17893                            31.5          12:11:49               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    785                              31.5          12:11:50               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4187                             31.5          12:11:50               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    11776                            31.5          12:11:58               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3042                             31.5          12:12:13               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4512                            31.75          12:51:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3586                            31.75          12:53:00               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3589                            31.75          13:02:24               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3704                            31.75          13:12:06               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3824                             31.5          13:52:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3954                             31.5          13:52:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3533                             31.5          13:52:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3839                             31.5          13:52:21               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    805                              31.5          13:52:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4028                             31.5          13:52:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4028                             31.5          13:52:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3223                             31.5          13:52:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4230                             31.5          13:54:33               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3844                             31.5          13:59:18               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3648                             31.5          14:06:24               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3879                             31.5          14:27:03               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4151                             31.5          14:29:11               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3955                             31.5          14:35:30               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3586                             31.5          14:41:27               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3670                             31.5          14:46:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3668                             31.5          14:51:53               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3529                             31.5          14:58:38               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3943                             31.5          15:00:56               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3677                             31.5          15:03:36               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3429                             31.5          15:39:16               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    754                              31.5          15:39:23               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    4170                            31.75          15:49:45               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    228                             31.75          15:49:45               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    161                              31.5          15:51:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3601                             31.5          15:51:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3528                             31.5          15:51:37               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3537                             31.5          16:19:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3619                             31.5          16:19:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3598                             31.5          16:19:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3436                             31.5          16:19:46               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    276                             31.75          16:27:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    7664                            31.75          16:27:28               London Stock Exchange
                                                                                               
    3627                            31.75          16:28:54               London Stock Exchange

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