EBT Share Purchase Programme

NewRiver REIT PLC

08 December 2023

 

NewRiver REIT plc

("NewRiver" or the "Company" or the "Group")

EBT Share Purchase Programme

NewRiver announces that Computershare Trustees (Jersey) Limited (the "Trustee"), as Trustee of the NewRiver REIT plc Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT"), has purchased 2,749,410 ordinary shares of one penny each in the Company as follows:

Date	Number of Ordinary Shares	Purchase Price	Purchase Price Per Share
01/12/2023	70,000	£60,900	£0.870
04/12/2023	2,679,410	£2,353,513	£0.878
TOTAL	2,749,410	£2,414,413	£0.878

Following this transaction the EBT balance, once the trades are settled, will be 3,500,764 ordinary shares of one penny each (representing 1.12% of the Company's issued share capital) which are held unallocated by the EBT.

These purchases mark the completion of the EBT Share Purchase Programme to satisfy existing, planned and anticipated exercises of awards under the NewRiver employee share schemes or as otherwise permissible within the terms of the EBT Trust Deed. The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of all the Company's Employees.

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NewRiver REIT plc			[phone]
Allan Lockhart (Chief Executive) Will Hobman (Chief Financial Officer)

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Gordon Simpson James Thompson

About NewRiver

NewRiver REIT plc ('NewRiver') is a leading Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in buying, managing and developing resilient retail assets throughout the UK.

Our £0.6 billion UK wide portfolio covers 7 million sq ft and comprises 26 community shopping centres and 12 conveniently located retail parks occupied by tenants predominately focused on essential goods and services. Our objective is to own and manage the most resilient retail portfolio in the UK, focused on retail parks, core shopping centres, and regeneration opportunities in order to deliver long-term attractive recurring income returns and capital growth for our shareholders.

NewRiver has a Premium Listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: NRR). Visit www.nrr.co.uk for further information.

LEI Number: 2138004GX1VAUMH66L31

 

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