NewRiver Regulatory News (NRR)

NewRiver Retail Limited

("NewRiver" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options & Total Voting Rights

Following the exercise of 25,000 share options, which has been settled by the transfer of shares from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust, the total number of voting rights in the share capital of the Company, excluding treasury shares, is 179,863,580.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About NewRiver

NewRiver Retail Limited is an AIM listed REIT. The Company is a specialist real estate investor, asset manager and developer focused solely on the UK retail sector. At the close of 2014 NewRiver Retail was named Property Company of the Year - Retail & Leisure at the Estates Gazette Awards.

The management team, with over 100 years combined experience in the UK commercial property market, actively engages with retailers, stakeholders and consumers. NewRiver Retail is one of the UK's largest shopping centre owner/managers with assets under management of £918 million principally comprising 29 UK wide shopping centres, further nationwide retail assets and a portfolio of 360 public houses principally suitable for conversion to alternative uses. The portfolio has 1,440 occupiers, a total of over 6.0 million sq. ft., total annual footfall of over 121 million and a retail occupancy rate of 96 per cent.

The Company's activities include active and entrepreneurial asset management and risk-controlled development, utilising both its own balance sheet and co-investment joint venture structures.

Founded in 2009, NewRiver has become the UK's leading retail-focused property investment business. The Company's shares were admitted to London's AIM in September of the same year. For more information on NewRiver, please visit www.nrr.co.uk