TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
NewRiver Retail Limited
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | NewRiver Retail LTD | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | YES | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |  | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |  | |||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |  | |||
| Other (please specify): |  |  | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | J O HAMBRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)  |  | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | 11 July 2013 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 11 July 2013 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | ABOVE 5% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||
| Class/type of 
 | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||
| Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights | ||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||
| GG00B4Z05859 | 515,000 
 | 515,000 | 4,905,244 | 4,905,244 |  | 7.353% |  | |||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||
| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting | ||||||||
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| Total (A+B) | ||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||
| 4,905,244 | 7.353% | |||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the | ||
| 
 NOT APPLICABLE | ||
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| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | - | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | - | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | - | |
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| 14. Contact name: | Mark Purnell | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 747 8952 | |