Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Media Corporation PLC

MEDIA CORPORATION PLC
(“Media Corp” or the “Company”)

Directors’ Dealings and Shareholdings

The Board of Media Corp was informed on 16 June 2011 that, on the same day, Justin Drummond, Chief Executive, and Nilesh Jagatia, Group Finance Director, both Directors of Media Corp, had bought ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company as follows:

Director   Number of ordinary shares purchased   Purchase price   Total number of ordinary shares held following the purchase   Percentage of issued ordinary share capital held
Justin Drummond 500,000 1.515p 24,503,907 7.2%
Nilesh Jagatia 330,000 1.515p 840,345 0.2%

Justin Drummond’s holding comprises a direct holding of 21,717,241 ordinary shares and an indirect holding of 2,786,666 ordinary shares held by his wife

The issued ordinary share capital of Media Corp comprises 338,548,376 ordinary shares of 1p each.

Further information can be found on the Group’s website, at www.mediacorpplc.com, or by contacting:

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Media Corporation Plc       Tel: +44 20 7618 9000
Justin Drummond - CEO
Nilesh Jagatia – Group Finance Director
 
Northland Capital Partners limited

Tel: + 44 20 7796 8800

Luke Cairns / Rod Venables (Nomad)
Katie Shelton (Joint Broker)
 

XCAP Securities

 

Tel: + 44 207 101 7070

John Grant / Karen Kelly (Joint Broker)

 

Bishopsgate Communications

Tel: + 44 20 7562 3350

Deepali Schneider / Natalie Quinn

mediacorp@bishopsgatecommunications.com

Notes to editors:

Quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading online gaming and media group.

The Group has two principal divisions:

Online Gaming – Media owns Purple Lounge, www.purplelounge.com a leading European online poker casino operator. With over a 100,000 registered customers, Purple Lounge provides an excellent user experience through a combination of the latest technology and best in class customer service.

Advertising Network – Acquired in 2004, Eyeconomy specialises in mass reach campaigns to up to 50 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

Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com

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