Directorate Change

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA PLC

Directorate Change

22nd December 2017 - Independent News & Media PLC ("INM" or the "Company") announces that Mr. David Harrison has informed the Board of the Company of his resignation, effective today, as a Director of INM. Mr. Harrison was elected to the Board of INM as a non-executive Director in 2012.

INM's Chairman, Leslie Buckley, said "On behalf of the Company and the Board, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to David for his extremely valuable and positive contribution to INM over the last 5 years. His support and dedication has been invaluable during this transformative period for the business."

INM is currently in the process of appointing suitable candidates to fill a number of vacancies on its Board and will be announcing those appointments as soon as they are finalised

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