Notice of AGM

2 May 2018

Johnston Press plc

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Johnston Press plc (the "Company") announces today that it has published its Notice of Annual General Meeting (which explains the business to be conducted at the meeting) (the "Notice"), to be held at The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2EQ at 12.00pm on 5 June 2018.

A copy of the above Notice, along with the related proxy form for the 2018 Annual General Meeting and the 2017 Annual Report and Accounts have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. Copies are also available to view on the Company's website - http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk. Hard copies have been mailed today to those shareholders who have elected to continue to receive paper communications.

Following the announcement on 1 May 2018 of the forthcoming resignation of Ashley Highfield as a director of the Company, the Company wishes to advise shareholders that it is today withdrawing resolution 4 (relating to his re-election as a director) from the Notice which has already been sent to shareholders.

The withdrawal of resolution 4 has no effect on the other proposed resolutions set out in the Notice and will not affect the validity of the proxy form attached to the Notice.

Shareholders wishing to complete and lodge a proxy form in relation to the 2018 Annual General Meeting do not need to indicate their voting instructions on resolution 4.

Johnston Press Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JFIBCR4LGUA242

Classification: Additional Regulated Information

Enquiries:

Johnston Press plc

Peter McCall, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)131 311 7500

Powerscourt

Peter Ogden Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7250 1446