Preliminary results announcement date

Fairpoint Group plc

("Fairpoint")

Preliminary results announcement date

Further to the trading update announced on 28th March 2017, Fairpoint anticipates that its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2016 will be announced mid-May 2017.

For enquiries please contact:

Fairpoint Group plc

David Broadbent, Chief Executive Officer 020 3128 8794

Shore Capital (Nomad and Joint Broker)

Mark Percy 020 7408 4090

Edward Mansfield

Panmure Gordon & Co (Joint Broker)

Dominic Morley 020 7866 2500

Charles Leigh-Pemberton

MHP Communications

Reg Hoare fairpoint@mhpc.com

Katie Hunt 020 3128 8794