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6 Mar 2008 12:10

Goodbody Corporate Finance06 March 2008 FORM SAR 6 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Lodge with the Irish Stock Exchange (Company Announcements Office) (which maypublicise) and with the Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company thevoting securities of which (or the rights over the voting securities of which)are acquired. Date of disclosure. 6th March 2008 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 6 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997 (SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION) RULES, 2007 ("SARs") Date of acquisition.......5th March 2008 Acquisition in.....Independent News and Media plc.....(name of company) (1) Class of voting securities (e.g. Number of voting securities/rights If rights over voting securitiesordinary shares) over voting securities acquired acquired, as opposed to the securities themselves, specify nature of rightsOrdinary Shares 152,892,133 securities (2) Resultant total holding of voting Resultant total holding of rights Total Percentagesecurities (and % of total voting over voting securities (and % ofsecurities in issue) total voting securities in issue)19.3481 (%) 19.3481% (3) Party making disclosure Denis O' Brien (4) (a) Name of person acquiring securities or rights over securities ........see attached and, if different, beneficial owner... Denis O'Brien (b) Names of any other persons acting in concert (see SAR 3) ...NA Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above. (Also print name of signatory)....Kate Machovicova Telephone and extension number.....Tel: 01/432 5913. as 4 in the form: REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS NO. OF SHARES HELD Allied Irish Nominees Ltd. 19,335,000Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd 22,000,000Davy Crest Nominees 1,700,000Goodbody Nominees 4,827,936Merrion Crest Nominees 51,400,000Pershing Securities Nominees Ltd. 7,471,927Zeban Nominees Ltd. 46,157,270 Total 152,892,133 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange