Independent News & Media PLC Result of EGM (0154R)

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Independent News & Media PLC

05 December 2016

INDEPENDENT NEWS AND MEDIA PLC

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

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

Dublin/London, 5 December 2016: Independent News & Media PLC (the "Company") announces that all resolutions proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") held earlier today at the O'Callaghan Alexander Hotel, 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland were passed by shareholders following polls conducted at the meeting. The results of the polls conducted at the meeting are set out below.

 
     Resolution             Votes For          Votes Against       Total        Votes        Total 
                                                                   Votes       Withheld      (Inc. 
                                                                                           Withheld) 
--------------------  ---------------------  ----------------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
                         Number        %      Number      %       Number       Number       Number 
--------------------  ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
 (1) To 
  approve 
  the Capital 
  Reduction            761,896,668   99.88%   891,394   0.12%   762,788,062    22,240     762,810,302 
--------------------  ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
 (2) To 
  approve 
  the cancellation 
  of Deferred 
  Shares 
  and consequential 
  amendments 
  to the 
  Company's 
  Articles 
  of Association       761,897,428   99.88%   891,967   0.12%   762,789,395    20,907     762,810,302 
--------------------  ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
 

Notes:

1. The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. It should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" or in the Total Votes shown.

   2.     The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote was 1,386,547,375. 

The full text of the Resolutions was included in the Circular (including notice of EGM) sent to shareholders on 10 November 2016, available on the Company's website, http://www.inmplc.com/investor-relations/.

Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement will have the same meanings given to them within the Circular.

In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the Resolutions passed at the EGM have been forwarded to both the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at the following locations:

Companies Announcement Office

Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

And

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

5 December 2016

Michael Doorly

Company Secretary

Independent News & Media PLC

[phone]

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