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12th Feb 2007

APN Board Recommends Offer of A$6.10 per Share by INM led Group

The Board of Independent News & Media PLC ('INM') (ticker: INWS.I; INWS.L) announces that the board of APN News & Media Limited ('APN') (ticker: ASX, NZX: APN), a company in which INM has a 41.6% shareholding, has recommended an all-cash revised offer of A$6.10 per share for the entire issued share capital of APN (the 'Transaction') recently made by INM, in conjunction with Providence Equity Partners ('Providence') and The Carlyle Group ('Carlyle') (together the 'Consortium').

This recommended offer values APN at A$3.8 billion (approximately .2.3 billion) and will be funded by a combination of equity subscription and debt.

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