Northwater Market-Neutral Trust - Final net asset value January 31, 2012

TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - The Northwater Market-Neutral Trust (the "Trust") announced today that the final net asset value of the Trust per unit as at January 31, 2012 is $0.22. The return of the Trust for the month of January 2012 is -0.35%. The rolling 12-month return for the Trust is -33.11%.

As previously announced, the closing of the secondary market sales described above is subject to a number of conditions including the consent of managers of the relevant underlying funds.  Northwater Fund Management Inc. (the "Manager"), in its capacity as manager of the Trust, continues to expect that the remaining sale transactions will close by not later than March 31, 2012.  Additional termination distributions of the net proceeds from such sales will be distributed to investors as soon as reasonably practicable after such closings occur.

Dan Mills at Northwater Capital Management Inc. at [phone]