Delisting and cancellation of trading from the London Stock Exchange

Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) Delisting and cancellation of trading from the London Stock Exchange 10-Jan-2022 / 08:45 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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10 January 2022

Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)

Delisting and cancellation of trading from the London Stock Exchange

Further to the announcement made on 21 December 2021, Daily Mail and General Trust plc announces that the listing of the DMGT A Shares on the standard segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and admission to trading on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange have now been cancelled with effect from 8.00 a.m. today, 10 January 2022.

This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the shareholder circular setting out the terms of the Final Offer (the "Final Offer Document"). Capitalised terms used but not de?ned in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Final Offer Document.

Enquiries

Lazard & Co., Limited (Lead Financial Adviser to RCL            [phone] 
in connection with the Final Offer) 
Nicholas Shott, William Lawes 
 
Fariza Steel, Caitlin Martin 
Goldman Sachs International (Joint Financial Adviser            [phone] 
and Corporate Broker to RCL in connection with the Final Offer) 
Charlie Lytle, Alex Garner, Owain Evans 
Sanctuary Counsel (PR/Media Adviser to RCL) 
Robert Morgan                                                   [phone] 
Ben Ullmann                                                     [phone] 
DMGT 
Tim Collier, DMGT Group CFO                                     [phone] 
 
                                                                [phone] 
Adam Webster, Head of Investor Relations 
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Lead Financial Adviser to DMGT            [phone] 
in connection with the Final Offer; Joint Corporate Broker) 
Bill Hutchings 
 
Jonty Edwards, James Summer 
Credit Suisse (Joint Financial Adviser to DMGT in connection    [phone] 
with the Final Offer; Joint Corporate Broker) 
Antonia Rowan, James Green 
Gillian Sheldon 
 
Teneo (PR/Media Adviser to DMGT) 
Doug Campbell                                                   [phone] 
 
                                                                [phone] 
Tim Burt 

Disclaimers

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove"), is authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated in the United Kingdom by the PRA and the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA"). J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as lead financial adviser for DMGT and no one else in connection with the Final Offer only and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Final Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than DMGT for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove or its affiliates, nor for providing advice in relation to the Final Offer or any matter or arrangement referred to herein.

Credit Suisse International ("Credit Suisse"), which is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as joint financial adviser for DMGT and no one else in connection with the Final Offer only and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Final Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than DMGT for providing the protections afforded to clients of Credit Suisse, nor for providing advice to any other person in relation to the content of this announcement or any other matter referenced herein. Neither Credit Suisse nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Credit Suisse in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Lazard & Co., Limited ("Lazard"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting as lead financial adviser to RCL, and no one else, in connection with the Final Offer, and will not be responsible to anyone other than RCL for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in relation to the Final Offer, or any other matter or arrangement referred to herein. Neither Lazard nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Lazard in connection with this announcement, any matter, arrangement or statement contained or referred to herein or otherwise.

Goldman Sachs International ("Goldman Sachs"), which is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as joint financial adviser to RCL, and no one else, in connection with the Final Offer, and will not be responsible to anyone other than RCL for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman Sachs nor for providing advice in relation to the Final Offer or any other matter or arrangement referred to herein. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Goldman Sachs in connection with the Final Offer, this announcement, any matter, arrangement or statement contained or referred to herein or otherwise.

Important information

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation to sell or purchase any securities, or the solicitation of any offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the Final Offer or otherwise nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities of DMGT in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. The Final Offer will be effected solely through the Final Offer Document which contains the full terms and conditions of the Final Offer. Any decision in respect of, or other response to, the Final Offer should be made only on the basis of the information contained in the Final Offer Document. Each DMGT A Shareholder is urged to consult its independent professional adviser immediately regarding the tax consequences of the Final Offer applicable to them.

Overseas Shareholders

Unless otherwise determined by RCL, the Final Offer is not being, and will not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of mails of, or by any other means (including, without limitation, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone, internet or other forms of electronic communication) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction, and will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means or facility or from within any Restricted Jurisdiction. Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by RCL, copies of this announcement, the Final Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance and any related documents are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) should observe these restrictions and must not mail, or otherwise forward, send or distribute any such documents in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction, as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Final Offer. Any person (including custodians, nominees and trustees) who would, or otherwise intends to, or who may have a legal or contractual obligation to, forward this announcement, the Final Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and any related documents to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of, any jurisdiction, seek appropriate advice and read paragraph 13 of the letter from RCL set out in Part II of the Original Offer Document and paragraph 7 of Part D of Appendix I to the Original Offer Document before doing so. Neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") nor any US state securities commission has approved or disapproved this Final Offer, or passed upon the adequacy or completeness of this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence.

This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law and the Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this document had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside England.

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