UNITED STATES
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WW Investors, LLC Michael L. Ashner Steven Witkoff |
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WW Investors LLC, Michael L. Ashner and Steven Witkoff (collectively, the “WW Investors Group”) intend to make preliminary filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of preliminary proxy statements and accompanying proxy cards to be used to solicit votes (i) for the election of the WW Investor Group’s slate of director nominees to the Board of Directors of New York REIT, Inc. (“NYRT” and, the “Company”), at the Company’s upcoming 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, or any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof, and (ii) in opposition to the transaction among NYRT, New York Operating Partnership, L.P., JBG Properties, Inc. and JBG Operating Partners, L.P. and certain of their affiliated pooled investment funds, announced by the Company on May 25, 2016.
On June 20, 2016, the WW Investors Group issued an Investor Presentation, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
