Media Corporation PLC
Media Corp (AIM:MDC), a leading internet media and advertising Group, announces
that on 28 March 2008 the Group purchased 600,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in
the capital of the Group at a price of 4 pence per share. Media Corp intends to
hold the purchased shares in treasury.
The purchase equates to approximately 0.21% of the Group's current total issued
share capital.
Following this transaction, Media Corp has 281,727,298 ordinary shares in issue
and 9,300,000 ordinary shares in treasury.
The total number of voting rights in, and the figure to be used by shareholders
as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether
they are required to notify their interests in, or changes to their interest in,
Media Corp under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules is 281,727,298.
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For further information please contact:
Media Corporation plc
Justin Drummond, Chief Executive
Nilesh Jagatia, Group Finance Director
+44 (0)20 7618 9000
Buchanan Communications
Charles Ryland/Suzanne Brocks/Susanna Gale
+44 (0)20 7466 5000
Canaccord Adams Limited
Mark Williams, Managing Director
+44 (0)20 7050 6500
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Notes to editors:
Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading
internet media and advertising group focused on website publishing and online
advertising.
The Group has two principal divisions:
Website Publishing - Media Corp has a diverse publishing division specializing
in online media. Our impressive portfolio of websites includes a number of
market leading sites including www.gambling.com, www.onthebox.com
www.sport.co.uk, www.creditcardexpert.co.uk and www.flightcomparison.co.uk.
Online Advertising - Formed in 1996, Eyeconomy specialises in mass reach
campaigns to over 30 Million unique consumers per month via its own proprietary
ad-serving and tracking technology for clients including AOL, Dell and American
Express.
www.eyeconomy.co.uk
www.mediacorpplc.com
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