Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

AEW UK REIT plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

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):

Type 1 disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation

ü

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

05.12.16

6. Date on which issuer notified:

06.12.16

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

From 14% - 15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

17,575,283

17,575,283

18,589,776

N/A

18,589,776

N/A

15.035%

GB00BWD24154

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

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

18,589,776

15.035%

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

Schroder & Co. Limited 17,662,266 14.284%

Schroders (C.I.) Limited 129,708 0.105%

Schroder Investment Management Limited 797,802 0.645%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 123,647,250.

14. Contact name:

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000