Independent News & Media Regulatory News (INM)

5 Dec 2007 15:19

Independent News & Media PLC05 December 2007 Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached: Independent News & Media Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): ( ) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result inthe acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached ( x) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: i. Sir Anthony O'Reilly ii. Indexia Holdings Limited iii. Cartson Holdings Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 30 November 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified; 4 December 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: See columns 7 and 8 ofitem 8 below. 8. Notified details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(if possible using the Triggeringthe ISIN CODE) transaction Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsIE0004614818 Shares Voting shares rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectOrdinary Sharesi. 0 0 205,191,030 26% ii. 174,093,082 174,093,082 22.05 31,097,948 31,097,9 iii. 48 3.94 SUBTOTAL A (based on 205,191,030aggregate voting Indirect 26%rights) B) Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Period/ Date rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights205,191,030 26% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: See 3 aboveand 11 below 10. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold(number) voting rights as of (date). n/a 11. Additional information: Sir Anthony O' Reilly is a Director of Independent News & Media Plc Indexia Holdings Limited (ii) is owned by Sir Anthony O'Reilly Cartson Holdings Limited (iii) is owned by Sir Anthony O' Reilly Done at Dublin on 4 December 2007. This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of The Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange