Appointment of Non-Executive Director

18 June 2019

Reach plc

(the 'Company')

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Reach plc announces that Anne Bulford will be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board') as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 18 June 2019. Anne will also serve on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Anne was until recently Deputy Director-General of the BBC and prior to that Chief Operating Officer of Channel 4. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and spent 12 years with them before becoming Finance Director of BBC Production.

Anne has chaired a number of audit committees for organisations with a public as well as commercial mandate and as such brings relevant financial and media experience to the Board.

In accordance with paragraphs LR 9.6.11-13 of the Listing Rules, there are no further details to be disclosed in respect to this announcement.

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About Reach plc

Reach plc is a media company providing digital and print coverage of news, sport, entertainment and more. Our titles include national brands such as the Daily Mirror, the Daily Express and the Daily Record, as well as many prominent regional news titles, two celebrity magazines and a network of over 70 websites. We reach audiences in every region of the UK across our multiple platforms. In 2018 we sold 620 million newspapers and had over one billion online page views every month, making us the leading UK news publisher.