Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Johnston Press PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Internal Re - organisation

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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Orbis Allan Gray Limited (parent)

Orbis Investment Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking)

Orbis Asset Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking)

Orbis Portfolio Management (Europe) LLP (investment manager and controlled undertaking)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Vidacos Nominees Limited

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

1 January 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6 January 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BRK8Y334

9,103,248

9,103,248

14,172,172

13.39%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,172,172

13.39%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Orbis Investment Management Limited, Orbis Asset Management Limited and Orbis Portfolio (Europe) LLP are controlled undertakings of Orbis Allan Gray Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

This notification results from an internal re-organisation of the Orbis corporate group that took effect on 1 January 2016. The re-organisation caused certain entities to become controlled undertakings of Orbis Allan Gray Limited and has, therefore, resulted in those entities' positions now being included in the aggregate position ultimately controlled held by Orbis Allan Gray Limited for the first time as at 1 January 2016. The "Situation previous to the triggering transaction" figures in Section 8A of this notification, therefore, exclude the positions that were held by the entities as at midnight on 31 December 2015.

14. Contact name:

Ali Ziai

15. Contact telephone number:

+352 28 48 22 22