Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Trinity Mirror plc (the 'Company') held today at 9:30 am at the Hilton London Canary Wharf, the proposed resolution to purchase additional Ordinary Shares was approved by shareholders. The authority given by the shareholders permits the Company to buy back up to 39,650,685 Ordinary Shares in connection with the £175 million buyback programme commenced in December 2007 as part of the capital reorganisation of the Company.

 

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting.  The resolution was carried on a show of hands.

 

Resolution      Proxy Votes              Proxy Votes               Proxy Votes

                                FOR                      AGAINST                  WITHHELD

   1                   198,730,542                107,179                      861,122

                            (99.46%)                    (0.05%)                      (0.43%)

 

Notes

 

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 not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

 

3. Issued share capital as at 29 February 2008 is 272,335,376 Ordinary Shares.
   

 

Nick Fullagar    020 7293 3622
Director of Corporate Communications

 

Paul Vickers     020 7293 3359
Secretary