Annual Financial Report

PUBLICATION AND FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT

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

Dublin/London - 30 April 2012: Independent News & Media PLC ['INM'] today announces the publication and filing of its Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2011 and advises that the Annual Report is available on the Company's website at www.inmplc.com.

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/3680C_-2012-4-30.pdf 

A copy of the Annual Report has been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection as follows:

Company Announcements Office,

Irish Stock Exchange,

28 Anglesea Street,

Dublin 2,

Ireland.

Tel: + 353 1 6174200

and

http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

For further information, contact:

Karl Brophy

Director Corporate Affairs

Independent News & Media PLC

+353 1 466 3200 (office)

+353 86 047 1951 (mobile)