Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8084S

Paragon Group Of Companies PLC

21 March 2016

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC:

Transaction in own shares

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £1.00 each on the London Stock Exchange from Jefferies International Limited.

Date of purchase:	21 March 2016

Number of ordinary £1.00 shares purchased:	150,000

Highest price paid per share:	346.50p

Lowest price paid per share:	339.79p

Volume weighted average price paid per share:	341.821p

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 21,991,909 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 287,570,832 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (287,570,832) 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.