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23 November 2017
Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Dividend Declaration
The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, has declared a dividend of 1.25 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the quarter ended 30 September 2017, payable on or around 15 December 2017 to Ordinary Shareholders on the register on 1 December 2017. The ex-dividend date will be 30 November 2017.
This dividend will be paid as an ordinary UK dividend ("non-PID").
The Board is targeting a dividend of 5.55 pence per share for the year to 31 December 2017.1
Note:
(1) The target dividend is a target only and not a forecast. There can be no assurance that the target will be met and it should not be taken as an indication of the Company's expected or actual future results.
For further information on the Company, please contact:
Empiric Student Property plc | (via Newgate below) |
Paul Hadaway (Chief Executive) |
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Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial Officer) |
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Tim Attlee (Chief Investment Officer) |
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Akur Limited (Joint Financial Adviser) | Tel: 020 7493 3631 |
Tom Frost |
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Anthony Richardson |
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Siobhan Sergeant |
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Jefferies International Limited (Joint Financial Adviser and Broker) | Tel: 020 7029 8000 |
Gary Gould |
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Stuart Klein |
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Newgate (PR Adviser) | Tel: 020 7680 6550 |
James Benjamin | Em: empiric@newgatecomms.com |
Anna Geffert |
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Lydia Thompson |
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Further information on Empiric can be found on the Company's website at www.empiric.co.uk.
The Company's LEI is 213800FPF38IBPRFPU87.
The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
Notes:
Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, direct-let, nominated or leased student accommodation across the UK. Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a multi-niche student property company focused on, (i) providing good quality first year accommodation managed through its Hello Student® operating platform in partnership with universities, (ii) offering a variety of second and third year purpose built accommodation options for individual students and those wanting a group living environment, and (iii) continuing to expand the Group's existing premium, studio-led accommodation portfolio which is attractive to international and postgraduate students.
The Company, an internally managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") incorporated in England and Wales, listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and was admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange in June 2014.