REACH PLC

AGM Information • Apr 15, 2013

5 April 2013

Dear Shareholder,

Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 30 December 2012

You have previously agreed to receive shareholder documentation from Trinity Mirror plc (the "Company") via the company's website. I am pleased to advise you that the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 December 2012 and the Notice of Meeting for the 2012 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") are now available to view on the Company's website at www.trinitymirror.com/investors.

The AGM will be held at the Hilton London Canary Wharf, South Quay, Marsh Wall, London E14 9SH, on Thursday 16 May 2013 at 11.30am.

Please find enclosed with this letter a Form of Proxy. You may appoint a proxy or proxies electronically to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote on your behalf at the meeting via the website www.sharevote.co.uk. You will need the Voting ID, Task ID and your Shareholder Reference Number shown on the enclosed Form of Proxy. The proxy appointment and/or voting instructions must be received by Equiniti Limited, the Company's registrars, no later than 11.30am on Tuesday 14 May 2013. Completion and return of the Form of Proxy will not prevent you from attending and voting at the AGM, if you so wish.

If you would prefer to receive future notifications by email rather than by letter, you can do so by registering for paper-free communications via Shareview at www.shareview.co.uk/shareholders/pages/paperfreecommunication.aspx, a web-based service provided by Equiniti. This will also help us to reduce printing and postage costs and conserve environmental resources.

Shareholders who register for electronic communication will be notified by email as soon as shareholder documentation is published. This notification includes details of how documents can be viewed on or downloaded from the Company's website. Registration also enables shareholders to manage their shareholding online by:

• accessing shareholding details quickly and securely;
• updating personal details; and
• voting in advance of Company meetings.

You are entitled to receive a paper copy of the 2012 Annual Report, Notice of Meeting and other shareholder documentation. If you do wish to receive this, please contact Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA Telephone: 0871 384 2235*. (*please note that calls to this number are charged at 8 pence per minute plus network extras) or +44 (0) 121 415 7047 from overseas. Lines are open from 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding UK bank holidays.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Vickers

Company Secretary