Johnston Press plc

Result of General Meeting

A General Meeting of Johnston Press plc (the 'Company') was held at 10.00 a.m. on 21 March 2016 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.

The ordinary resolution providing the requisite approvals and authorities from the shareholders of the Company in relation to the acquisition of the business and certain assets of i (the 'Resolution'), as set out in the notice of general meeting contained in the circular sent to shareholders on 2 March 2016, was duly passed.

The total number of shares in issue at the record date and time for voting was 105,877,777. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders holding an aggregate of 62,326,559 shares, representing 58.9 per cent. of the issued share capital.

The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolution.

For

%

Against

%

Total cast

Votes withheld

The Resolution

62,233,091

99.85

93,468

0.15

62,326,559

6,297

Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'For' total.

A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' the Resolution.

The voting figures will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website www.johnstonpress.co.uk. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1R, a copy of the Resolution has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information please contact:

Johnston Press

Ashley Highfield, Chief Executive Officer

020 7612 2601

David King, Chief Financial Officer

020 7612 2602

Bell Pottinger

Dan de Belder

020 3772 2561

Zoë Pocock

020 3772 2574

Panmure Gordon (Sponsor and Joint Broker)

Dominic Morley / Andrew Potts / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance)

Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate Broking)

020 7886 2500

Liberum (Joint Broker)

Neil Patel

020 3100 2000

Ingenious Corporate Finance (Financial Adviser)

Toby Ramsden

020 7319 4159

Graham Smith

020 7319 4162

Johnston Press plc issued this content on 21 March 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 21 March 2016 11:50:49 UTC

Original Document: http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk/regulatory_news_article/11048