Directorate Change

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA PLC

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

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

23 December 2013, Dublin/London: Independent News & Media PLC ("INM" and/or the "Company") announces that Mr. Frank Murray will retire at year end (31 December 2013) having served as a non executive Director of the Company since 2003.

INM also announces that its Company Secretary, Mr Andrew Donagher will retire from his current role and from the Company at year end. He will be succeeded by Mr Michael Doorly, INM's Operations Director. A chartered accountant by profession, Mr Doorly joined INM in 1989 as Finance Director of Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Limited. He previously worked with Bayern Chemie and KPMG in Dublin.

Commenting, Mr Leslie Buckley, Chairman, INM said: "On behalf of the Board of INM I would like to thank Frank Murray for his great dedication and support over the past decade and in particular, for agreeing to remain on the Board to see INM's Restructuring through to its successful conclusion. I also wish to congratulate Michael Doorly on his appointment as Company Secretary. He succeeds Mr Andrew Donagher who has been an outstanding Company Secretary and a great support to INM's Board and Executive. I wish Andrew every happiness in his well deserved retirement."

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