16th Jul 2014 11:22
16 July 2014
Johnston Press PLC
RESULT OF GENERAL MEETING OF 13.75 PER CENT CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS
A reconvened General Meeting of the 13.75 per cent cumulative preference shareholders of Johnston Press PLC (the "Company") was held at 9.00 a.m. on 16 July 2014 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA. The special resolutions forming the business of the meeting (the "Resolutions"), as set out in the notice of general meeting dated 28 May 2014, were duly passed on a show of hands.
The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolutions representing a total of 23.24 per cent of the 756,000 13.75 per cent cumulative preference shares in issue as at the date of the meeting.
| For1 | % | Against | % | Total cast | Votes withheld2 |
Resolution 1 | 175,695 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 175,695 | 0 |
Resolution 2 | 175,695 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 175,695 | 0 |
Resolution 3 | 175,695 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 175,695 | 0 |
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the Resolution.
The voting figures will be displayed shortly on the Company's website at www.johnstonpress.co.uk.
A copy of the Resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules and will be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott/nsm.do.
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Peter McCall
Company Secretary0131 225 3361
16 July 2014
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