General Announcement::RECEIPT OF AIP FOR LISTING AND QUOTATION OF ORDINARY SHARES CONVERTED FROM MANAGEMENT SHARES

SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

(Company Registration No.: 198402868E)

RECEIPT OF APPROVAL IN-PRINCIPLE FOR LISTING AND QUOTATION OF THE ORDINARY

SHARES CONVERTED FROM THE MANAGEMENT SHARES

The board of directors (the "Board") of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (the "Company") refers to its announcement of 1 December 2021 in relation to the completion of the restructuring of the media business.

The Board wishes to announce that the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") has on 7 December 2021 approved in-principle the Company's application for the listing and quotation of the 16,361,769 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") converted from the management shares of the Company. Such approval is subject to shareholders' approval for the conversion of the management shares to ordinary shares1 and the Company's compliance with the SGX-ST's continuing listing requirements. The SGX-ST'sin-principle approval is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the conversion of the management shares to ordinary shares, the Company and/or its subsidiaries.

The Ordinary Shares rank pari passu in all respects with the other existing ordinary shares of the Company, and are expected to be credited to depositors' designated securities accounts maintained with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited on or around 8 December 2021 and listed and quoted on the Main Board of the SGX-ST with effect from 9.00 a.m. on or around 9 December 2021.

By Order of the Board

SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Ginney Lim May Ling

Company Secretary

7 December 2021

1 The proposed conversion of the management shares to ordinary shares was approved by shareholders of the Company at an extraordinary general meeting held on 10 September 2021.