Publication of Annual Report & Notice of AGM

PUBLICATION AND FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Ticker: (Bloomberg) INM.ID/ INM.LN and (Reuters) INME.I/ INME.L

Dublin/London - 19 April 2018: Independent News & Media PLC ['INM'] today announces the publication and filing of its Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017 and advises that the Annual Report is available on the Company's website at www.inmplc.com. The Notice of Annual General Meeting has also been issued to shareholders and is available on the Company's website. The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 11.00 a.m. on 18 May 2018 at The Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The Annual Report is also available to view directly via the Regulatory News Service at the following link: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5250L_1-2018-4-19.pdf

The Annual Report and the Notice of Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange trading as Euronext Dublin and the UK's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection as follows:

Company Announcements Office,

Euronext Dublin,

28 Anglesea Street,

Dublin 2,

Ireland.

Tel: + 353 1 6174200

and

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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