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Reach plc

24 February 2020

Reach plc

Strategy Update and 2019 Results Presentation

Reach plc ('Reach', 'the Company', 'the Group'), the largest commercial national and regional news publisher in the UK, is today making a presentation to analysts and institutional investors.

Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Officer, and Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary, will be joined by a number of the Company's senior management team to provide an update on the strategic plans for long-term value creation.

The Group's growth strategy will ensure that through capturing customer insight and data, Reach continues to build an intelligent and relevant content business for the long term, ensuring a sustainable future for its trusted brands.

The Group is targeting having 7m registered customers by the end of 2022 versus less than 1m at the end of 2019. At the 2020 interims the Group plans to give an update on key monetisation themes, with an overall digital revenue target and timeline expected to be announced with the 2020 year end financial results.

The customer value strategy being unveiled is centred on building an intelligent, relevant and trusted content business for the long term. Key pillars of the customer value strategy are:

·; Increased customer engagement - improved customer experience, deepening customer relationships

·; A single view of the customer - a unified view of the customer across Reach

·; Revenue diversification and growth - innovation to grow and diversify our revenue base

·; Harnessing talent and teams -a customer-centric culture underpinned by data

In addition to the strategic update, the presentation will include a review of the 2019 full-year results.

No new material financial information will be provided.

Agenda

·; Welcome - Nick Prettejohn, Chairman

·; 2019 Highlights - Jim Mullen, CEO

·; 2019 Financial update - Simon Fuller, CFO

·; Our customer value strategy - Jim Mullen, CEO

·; The time is now and measures of success - Simon Fuller, CFO

·; Content … it's what we do - Lloyd Embley, Group Editor-in-Chief

·; In summary - Jim Mullen, CEO

Event details

The presentation will be held at Numis Securities, London Stock Exchange building, 10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LT, starting at 10.30am and lasting approximately two hours. Registration and refreshments will be from 10.15am.

Analysts and institutional investors interested in attending the presentation should contact Tulchan Communications either by e-mail to ReachPLC@tulchangroup.com or by telephone +44 (0)20 7353 4200.

A conference call facility and live webcast will now also be available for analysts and institutional investors unable to attend in person. Details are as follows:

·; Conference call - telephone number: 0800 376 7922 or +44 (0)20 7192 8000; conference ID number: 9863544

·; Webcast - URL: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/3i287h2k

A copy of the presentation and replay recording of the presentation via audio webcast will be available at www.reachplc.com later today.

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