Annual Financial Report

The Local Shopping REIT plc:

Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Form

21 December 2012

The Local Shopping REIT plc ("the Company") announces that, in compliance with LR 9.6, copies of its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2012 and the notice and form of proxy for the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on 6 March 2013 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.co/nsm.do

Copies of these documents will also be available shortly on the Company's web site www.localshoppingreit.co.uk.

Enquiries:

William A Heaney

Company Secretary

020 7292 0333

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