Trinity Mirror Employees' Benefit Trust Purchase

Trinity Mirror plc

24 May 2016

Trinity Mirror plc (the "Company")

Trinity Mirror Employees' Benefit Trust Purchase

The Company was notified on 24 May 2016 by Estera Trust (Jersey) Limited, the trustee of the Trinity Mirror Employees' Benefit Trust (the "EBT"), that on 23 May 2016 the EBT purchased 900,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 126 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following this transaction, the EBT holds 4,445,789 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.57 per cent of the Company's total issued share capital. The Company's issued share capital at the date of this announcement is 283,459,571 Ordinary Shares.

The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Directors of the Company are included in the potential beneficiaries of the EBT and are deemed to be interested in those shares and the dealings thereof.

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