RNS Number : 1839S

NewRiver Retail Limited

03 July 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   New River Retail Ltd

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):	Conversion of loan notes	X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Bank of Montreal
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	2nd July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 July 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GG00B4Z05859	4,509,089	4,509,089	7,162,150		7,162,150	-	5.52%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,162,150	5.52%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Bank of Montreal
Client	No. of voting rights	% of total voting rights	Registration name
TR Property Investment Trust	6,025,179	4.64%	Harewood Nominees Limited
Remaining client(s) hold <3% each

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Bank of Montreal
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Based on TVR of 129,748,111 as confirmed by company's announcement on 30th June 2015
14 Contact name:	Vik Sharma Bank of Montreal
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 1094

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