Bond Issue

ITV PLC 05 October 2005 5 October 2005 ITV plc Bond Issue ITV, the UK's leading commercial broadcaster, today priced a £325 million Eurosterling issue with a 2015 maturity. Bookrunners were Barclays Capital, The Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS Investment Bank. The bonds were issued under ITV's £1 billion Euro Medium Term Note programme which is rated BBB, BBB and Baa2 by Fitch, Standard & Poor's and Moody's respectively. The bonds will carry an annual coupon of 5.375%. The issue was priced to give a spread of 113 basis points over the 4.75% 2015 gilt representing a re-offer yield to investors of 5.39% semi annual. The bonds were sold to a broad range of investors within the UK, Europe and Asia. Henry Staunton, Finance Director of ITV, said 'ITV's financial position has continued to strengthen very significantly since the merger, enabling us to reposition our debt profile more efficiently. We have been extremely pleased with the very strong demand from investors for this Sterling bond and have increased the issue to £325 million. This will provide ITV with long-term core financing, extending our debt maturity profile and prefinancing some forthcoming debt maturities at an attractive price reflecting our improved financial position.' Enquiries: ITV Tel: 020 7620 1620 James Tibbitts Company Secretary Charles van der Welle Director of Treasury Brigitte Trafford Communications Director Georgina Blackburn Head of Investor Relations Citigate Dewe Rogerson Tel: 020 7638 9571 Simon Rigby This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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