New Gold Announces Adoption of Shareholder Rights Plan

New Gold (NYSE: NGD) today announces that its board of directors has approved the adoption of a new shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan"), effective Friday, March 23, 2012.

The purpose of the Rights Plan is to provide shareholders and the board of directors with adequate time to consider and evaluate any unsolicited take-over bid made for New Gold's common shares, provide the board of directors with adequate time to identify, develop and negotiate value-enhancing alternatives, and encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any take-over bid made for New Gold's common shares. The Rights Plan is intended to prevent the acquisition of beneficial ownership of more than 20% of the outstanding common shares of New Gold or the entering into of arrangements or relationships that have a similar effect, without the board having had the opportunity to run a value-enhancing process.

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