Johnston Press plc

Result of General Meeting

A general meeting of Johnston Press plc (the 'Company') was held at 10.00 a.m. on 11 January 2017 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.

The ordinary resolution relating to the disposal of the entire issued share capital of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited (the 'Resolution'), as set out in the notice of general meeting contained in the circular sent to shareholders on 21 December 2016, was duly passed on a poll.

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 64,836,957 shares, representing 61.24 per cent. of the issued share capital.

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

Votes For

% of votes

Votes Against

% of votes

Total votes cast

Votes withheld

The Resolution

64,763,621

99.89

73,336

0.11

64,836,957

18,423

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

Henry Lerwill

020 3772 2570

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

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