Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5115P

NewRiver REIT PLC

01 September 2017

 

NewRiver REIT plc

("NewRiver" or the "Company")

 Appointment of Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Further to the announcement on 17 July 2017, NewRiver is pleased to confirm that Baroness Ford of Cunninghame has joined the Company as its Senior Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2017.

Baroness Ford holds a total of 25,000 Ordinary Shares of one pence each in the Company. The Company confirms that there is no further information about Baroness Ford requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

For further information

NewRiver REIT plc                                                                                                                              [phone]

Mark Davies (Chief Financial Officer)

Allan Lockhart (Property Director)

Will Hobman (Head of Investor Relations)

Bell Pottinger                                                                                                                                      [phone]

David Rydell

Eve Kirmatzis

This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 and has been announced in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of that Regulation.

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.

LEI Number: 2138004GX1VAUMH66L31

 

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