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 3,620,631 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 20 March 2014. The Company's revised issued share capital following this issue is 689,749,669 Ordinary Shares. The above figure of 689,749,669 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

14 March 2014

Peter McCall, Company Secretary