Additional Listing

Johnston Press PLC (the "Company")

Additional Listing

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for admission to the Official List and admission to trading of 2,796,518 new Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company.

The shares ranking pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue have been issued following an exercise of warrants.

It is expected that admission and dealings will become effective in the Ordinary Shares on 24 January 2013. The Companies revised issued share capital following this issue is 642,542,601 Ordinary Shares. The above figure of 642,542,601 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

23 January 2012.

Peter McCall, Company Secretary

0131 225 3361