Independent News & Media Regulatory News (INM)

25 Jul 2007 07:00

Trinity Mirror PLC25 July 2007 25th July 2007 Trinity Mirror and Independent News and Media sign 12 year deal Trinity Mirror plc is to invest a further £23 million in printing equipmentfollowing an agreement with Independent News and Media plc to enter into a new12 year contract to print and distribute The Independent. The deal will see state-of-the-art colour presses installed in Trinity MirrorPrinting sites at Watford and Oldham giving The Independent full colour andenhanced inserting facilities. This further investment will give additional fullcolour pagination to Trinity Mirror's regional titles and follows a three-yearrepressing programme of the Group's national sites. Sly Bailey, Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror commented: " We are delighted toagain be offering The Independent a premium service for a premium newspaper. Thedeal enhances our capabilities to provide the best possible newspapers for thereaders and advertisers of both Independent and Trinity Mirror titles." Terry Grote, Managing Director, Independent News and Media commented: "This isan exciting period for The Independent as it now looks forward to full colourpagination and the additional benefits arising from that. We have selectedTrinity Mirror again to be our partner for their quality of service and theconfidence we have in their delivery." Further enquiries: Trinity MirrorNick Fullagar, Director Corporate Communications Tel: 020 7292 3622 MaitlandNeil Bennett Tel: 020 7379 5151 Independent News and MediaTerry Grote, Managing Director Tel: 020 7005 3850 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange