Custodian Property Income REIT: Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FCA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ⁱⁱ

Custodian 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):

Increase in total voting rights of the company

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

Mattioli Woods plc

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

See section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: ^v

2 December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 December 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: ^{vi, vii}

8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 1p each

ISIN:

GB00BJFLFT45

25,547,167

25,547,167

n/a

n/a

25,653,682

n/a

8.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

25,653,682

8.02%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

n/a

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

n/a

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Sarah Thi

Investment Operations Manager

15. Contact telephone number:

0116 240 8706

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares^xxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Mattioli Woods plc

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

MW House, 1 Penman Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1SY

Phone number & email

0116 240 8700 investments@mattioliwoods.com

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

-

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: 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 320,013,345.

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.