news release ATRIUM APPOINTS LJUDMILA POPOVA TO EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jersey, 7 October, 2013: Atrium European Real Estate Limited (VSE/Euronext: ATRS) ("Atrium" or the "Group"), a leading owner, operator and developer of retail real estate and shopping centres in Central and Eastern Europe, is pleased to announce that it has promoted Ljudmila Popova, its Head of Business Development & Investor Relations, to the Group Executive Management Team with immediate effect.
Ljudmila joined Atrium in April 2009 as the Group's Financial Analyst working alongside the CEO and CFO and was initially responsible for valuations. Since then she has taken on a number of additional responsibilities and currently oversees all of the Group's capital markets activity, investor and bondholder relations. Ljudmila also heads the Group's research department. During her four and a half years with the Group, Ljudmila has worked closely with the CEO and the rest of the management team on a number of strategic projects, which have been fundamental to the stabilisation and turnaround of the Group.
Prior to joining Atrium, Ljudmila was an equity research analyst at Kempen & Co, a specialist merchant bank in the Netherlands, where she focused on real estate companies, with large exposures in Central and Eastern Europe, including Atrium. Ljudmila has a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam.
Rachel Lavine, chief executive officer of Atrium, said: "Ljudmila has worked extensively with the senior management team over the past few years and was involved in a number of important strategic projects for the company. She has made an important contribution to the turnaround of Atrium and this promotion is recognition of how much she has achieved. I look forward to welcoming Ljudmila to the management team as we pursue our strategy for growth."
For further information:
FTI Consulting Inc: +44 (0)20 7831 3113
Richard Sunderland
Will Henderson Nick Taylor atrium@fticonsulting.com

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About Atrium European Real Estate Limited
Atrium is a leading real estate company focused on shopping centre investment, management and development in Central and Eastern Europe. As at 30 June 2013 (and not including Galeria Dominikanska), the Group owned 156 retail properties, with a market value of €2.20 billion, diversified across seven countries with a total gross lettable area of 1.245 million sqm. In 2012, Atrium produced a gross rental income of €193.5 million.
The Company is based in Jersey and dual listed on the Vienna and Euronext Amsterdam Stock
Exchanges under the ticker ATRS.
This ad hoc announcement appears as a matter of record only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any security.
Atrium is established as a closed-end investment company domiciled in Jersey. Atrium is registered with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets as a collective investment scheme which may offer participations in The Netherlands pursuant to article 2:66 of the Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht). All investments are subject to risk. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. The value of investments may fluctuate. Results achieved in the past are no guarantee of future results.

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