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GCP Student Living Plc - Novation of Investment Management Agreement

PR Newswire

London, April 20

GCP Student Living plc

(the "Company")

Novation of Investment Management Agreement

20 April 2017

The Company has today approved the novation of its Investment Management Agreement from Gravis Capital Partners LLP to Gravis Capital Management Limited, as part of the transfer of the Investment Manager’s fund management and advisory business from a limited liability partnership to a newly-incorporated limited company under substantially the same ownership.

All other contractual arrangements in the Investment Management Agreement including fees, term, key persons and service provision remain unchanged.

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About GCP Student Living plc

The Company was the first student accommodation REIT in the UK, investing in modern, purpose-built, private student residential accommodation and teaching facilities. Its investments are located primarily in and around London where the Investment Manager believes the Company is likely to benefit from supply and demand imbalances for student residential accommodation.

The Group has an estimated total asset value of c.£690 million including six standing assets, providing c.2,000 modern studios and beds, and one forward-funded development asset which will provide a further c.580 beds on completion. A further asset, Woburn Place, will provide c.420 beds following refurbishment.

The Company's standing assets are primarily occupied by international students and offer high specification facilities and hotel-level concierge type services which the Investment Manager believes are attractive to overseas students.