Annual Financial Report

Johnston Press plc

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Johnston Press plc announces that it posted its 2012 Annual Report together with its Notice of Annual General Meeting (which also explains the business to be conducted at the meeting), to be held at the Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh on 26 April 2013, and proxy form to shareholders, today. Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do .

Copies are also available on the Company's website - http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk

26 March 2013