REG-AEW UK REIT plc Result of Placing under Placing Programme

Aew UK ReitAnnouncement

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   AEW UK REIT plc (AEWU)
   Result of Placing under Placing Programme

   26-Feb-2020 / 07:00 GMT/BST
   Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside
   information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by
   EQS Group.
   The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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   NOT FOR  RELEASE,  PUBLICATION  OR  DISTRIBUTION, IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,
   DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO  OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, ANY  MEMBER
   STATE OF  THE EUROPEAN  ECONOMIC  AREA (OTHER  THAN THE  UNITED  KINGDOM),
   AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE  IT
   IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

    

   26 February 2020

                                        

                        AEW UK REIT Plc (the "Company")

                                        

                   Result of Placing under Placing Programme

                                        

   Further to the announcement made by  the Company on 19 February 2020,  the
   Company today announces that it has successfully raised gross proceeds  of
   £7 million  pursuant to  the  Placing under  its Placing  Programme  which
   expires on 28 February 2020.

   Accordingly, an  aggregate of  7,216,495  new  Ordinary Shares  have  been
   issued and allotted conditionally  upon admission at a  price of 97  pence
   per Ordinary Share.

    

   Applications have been made  for the admission  of 7,216,495 new  Ordinary
   Shares to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List  and
   to trading  on  the  Main  Market  of  London  Stock  Exchange  Group  plc
   ("Admission"). It is  expected that  Admission will  become effective  and
   that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on  28
   February 2020.

    

   Following Admission, the Company will have 158,774,746 Ordinary Shares  in
   issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights of the Company will be
   158,774,746 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator
   for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required  to
   notify their interest, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
   the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

    

    

   For further information, please contact:

    

    

   AEW UK                          
   Alex Short                      1 alex.short@eu.aew.com
                                  +44(0) 20 7016 4848
                                   2 Laura.elkin@eu.aew.com
   Laura Elkin
                                  +44(0) 20 7016 4869
   Nicki Gladstone                 3 nicki.gladstone-ext@eu.aew.com
                                  +44(0) 7711 401 021
   Company Secretary               
   Link Company Matters Limited   aewu.cosec@linkgroup.co.uk
                                  +44(0) 1392 477 500
                                   
   TB Cardew                       4 AEW@tbcardew.com
   Ed Orlebar                     +44 (0) 7738 724 630
   Lucas Bramwell                 +44 (0) 7939 694 437
                                   
   Liberum Capital                 
   Gillian Martin / Owen Matthews +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

    

    

    

   LEI: 21380073LDXHV2LP5K50

    

   This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of  Article
   7 of EU Regulation  596/2014. Upon the  publication of this  announcement,
   this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

    

   A   copy   of   the   Prospectus   is   available   for   inspection   at:
    5 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm as  well  as  on  the  Company's  website:
    6 https://www.aewukreit.com/.

    

   Terms used but not  defined in this announcement  shall have the  meanings
   given to such terms in the Prospectus dated 1 March 2019.

    

   Important Notice

    

   This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the
   Company. Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum"), is authorised and  regulated
   by the Financial Conduct  Authority in the United  Kingdom, and is  acting
   only for the  Company in  connection with  the matters  described in  this
   announcement and  are not  acting for  or advising  any other  person,  or
   treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will  not
   be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients
   of each of them or advice to  any other person in relation to the  matters
   contained herein. Liberum, nor any of its or their respective  affiliates,
   directors,  officers,   employees,   advisers  or   agents   accepts   any
   responsibility or liability whatsoever for this announcement, its contents
   or otherwise in connection  with it or any  other information relating  to
   the Company, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic format.

   Neither this  announcement nor  the information  contained herein  is  for
   publication, distribution or  release, in  whole or in  part, directly  or
   indirectly,  in  or  into  or  from  the  United  States  (including   its
   territories and possessions),  any member state  of the European  Economic
   Area (other than  the United  Kingdom), Australia,  Canada, South  Africa,
   Japan or  to  any  person in  any  of  those jurisdictions  or  any  other
   jurisdiction where to do so would  constitute a violation of the  relevant
   laws of such jurisdiction.  The offer of Ordinary  Shares pursuant to  the
   Placing (the "Offer")  and the  distribution of this  announcement may  be
   restricted  by  law  in  certain  jurisdictions  and  persons  into  whose
   possession this announcement or any document or other information referred
   to herein  comes  should inform  themselves  about and  observe  any  such
   restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may  constitute
   a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

   This announcement  does not  contain or  constitute an  offer of,  or  the
   solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, the securities  referred
   to herein to any person in any jurisdiction, including the United  States,
   Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or
   in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

   The securities to which this announcement  relates have not been and  will
   not be registered under the U.S.  Securities Act of 1933, as amended  (the
   "Securities Act") or with any regulating authority or under any applicable
   securities laws of any state or  other jurisdiction of the United  States,
   and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred within  the
   United States or to US persons unless registered under the Securities  Act
   or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,  the
   registration requirements of  the Securities  Act and  in compliance  with
   applicable state law. There will be  no public offer of the securities  in
   the United  States.  The  securities  referred to  herein  have  not  been
   registered under  the applicable  securities  laws of  Australia,  Canada,
   South Africa  or Japan  and, subject  to certain  exceptions, may  not  be
   offered or sold within Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or to  any
   national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan.

    

    

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   ISIN:           GB00BWD24154
   Category Code:  MSCM
   TIDM:           AEWU
   LEI Code:       21380073LDXHV2LP5K50
   OAM Categories: 2.2. Inside information
                   3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
                   disclosed under the laws of a Member State
   Sequence No.:   48891
   EQS News ID:    983633


    
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