Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Johnston Press Plc ("JP")

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Ananda Krishnan Tatparanandam

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

1. UBS AG Singapore

(nominee for Gromwell Limited)

2. UBS AG

(nominee for EFL Limited)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

13 June 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 June 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

10.63%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP 0.10

ISIN GB 0004769682

63,973,976

63,973,976

-

-

562,746,716

-

10.63

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

 -

 -

 -

 -

-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

Nominal

Delta

 -

 -

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 562,746,716

10.63%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

The voting rights attached to the ordinary shares in JP of 10 pence each are held by the following controlled undertakings:-

· Gromwell Limited ("Gromwell") - 534,442,745 (10.1%) voting rights

· EFL Limited ("EFL") - 28,303,971 (0.53%) voting rights

The chain of controlled undertakings through which the afore-mentioned voting rights are effectively held is as follows:-

· Gromwell is a wholly-owned undertaking of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd ("UTSB")

· EFL is a wholly-owned undertaking of Excorp Holdings Limited ("EHL")

· Pacific States Investment Limited ("PSIL") has a direct controlling interest of 9,999,998 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each representing 99.999% of the issued share capital in UTSB.

· The shares in PSIL are held 100% by Excorp Holdings N.V. ("Excorp").

· The shares in Excorp and EHL are in turn held 100% by PanOcean Management Limited ("POML").

· POML is the trustee of a discretionary trust, the beneficiaries of which are members of my family and foundations including those for charitable purposes.

· I am deemed to have an indirect interest in the shares of JP through certain related arrangements with the discretionary trust of which POML is the trustee, but have no economic interest in such shares, as the interest is held subject to the terms of the discretionary trust.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 -

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 -

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 -

13. Additional information:

 -

14. Contact name:

 Ananda Krishnan Tatparanandam

15. Contact telephone number:

 +603 2380 7788