SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Reg. No. 198402868E

(Incorporated in Singapore)

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 704(18)(b) OF THE LISTING MANUAL OF THE SINGAPORE EXCHANGE SECURITIES TRADING LIMITED


Pursuant to Rule 704(18)(b) of the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, the Company wishes to announce the Group's aggregate cost of investment in quoted securities as follows:

Before

Disposal

After

Disposal

(i)

Aggregate cost of the Group's quoted investments

(S$'000)

675,726

671,131

Aggregate cost of the Group's quoted investments as a percentage of the latest audited consolidated net tangible assets of the Group (as at August 31, 2013)*

20.1%

19.9%

(ii)

Total market value of the Group's quoted investments

(S$'000)

1,167,996

1,143,909

(iii)

Amount of any provision for diminution in value of quoted investments (S$'000)

2,210

2,210

* Audited consolidated net tangible assets of the Group as at August 31, 2013 (S$'000)

3,365,123

3,365,123

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

Ginney Lim May Ling
Khor Siew Kim
Company Secretaries
Singapore,
11 April 2014

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