Buy Back Announcement

23 Jul 2007 16:38

Independent News & Media PLC23 July 2007 23rd July, 2007 Independent News & Media PLC Purchase of Own Securities Independent News & Media PLC ("the Company" or "the Group") announces today thatit has purchased 1,000,000 ordinary shares of nominal value €0.30 each in thecapital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). The price paid for these Ordinary Shares was €3.41 per share. All of the Ordinary Shares repurchased will be held in treasury.The total number of shares held in treasury following this repurchase is23,582,299 and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, less the treasuryshares, is 753,034,053. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange