Annual Financial Report 2016

PUBLICATION AND FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT

Ticker: (Bloomberg) INM.ID/ INM.LN and (Reuters) INME.I/ INME.L

Dublin/London - 28 April 2017: Independent News & Media PLC ('INM' or the "Company") today announces the publication and filing of its Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2016 and advises that the Annual Report is available on the Company's website at www.inmplc.com.

The Annual Report is also available to view directly via the Regulatory News Service at the following link: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7504D_1-2017-4-28.pdf

The Annual Report has been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection as follows:

Company Announcements Office,

Irish Stock Exchange,

28 Anglesea Street,

Dublin 2,

Ireland.

Tel: + 353 1 6174200

and

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

A notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will separately be sent to shareholders in advance of the Company's AGM, which is expected to be held on 23 August 2017.

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