ISSUE OF NEW SHARES & TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

RNS Number : 4278L

NewRiver REIT PLC

18 July 2017

 

18 July 2017

NewRiver REIT plc

("the Company")

ISSUE OF NEW SHARES

&

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1, the Company notifies the market of the following:

The Company has received a notice to exercise unapproved share options over 445,647 Ordinary Shares of one pence each.

Accordingly, the Company has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the 445,647 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the Official List ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00 a.m. on 20 July 2017. The Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 306,198,362 Ordinary Shares of one pence each with voting rights, of which 4,240,885 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 301,957,477.

The above figure of 301,957,477 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA.

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About NewRiver

NewRiver REIT plc (ticker: NRR) is a premium listed REIT on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 and EPRA indices. The Company is a specialist real estate investor, asset manager and developer focused solely on the UK retail and leisure sector.

Founded in 2009, NewRiver is one of the UK's largest owner/managers of convenience-led shopping centres with assets under management of £1.3 billion principally comprising 33 UK wide shopping centres together with further nationwide retail and leisure assets. The portfolio totals 8 million sq. ft. with over 2,000 occupiers, an annual footfall of 150 million and a retail occupancy rate of 97 per cent.

Visit www.nrr.co.uk for further information.  

For further information

NewRiver REIT plc                                                       [phone]

David Lockhart (Chief Executive)

Mark Davies (Chief Financial Officer)

Will Hobman (Head of Investor Relations)

 

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