Paragon Banking Group PLC:

Transaction in own shares

Paragon Banking Group 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 UBS Limited ("UBS") as part of its buyback programme announced on 26 July 2017.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 15,433,783 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 266,055,918 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure 266,055,918 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.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme. 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions