Empiric Regulatory News (ESP)

4 March 2016

Empiric Student Property plc

("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

EPRA Index Inclusion

Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the internally managed owner and operator of modern, premium student accommodation across the UK, wishes to advise that it has been notified by EPRA, the European Public Real Estate Association, that the Company will be added to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series as of 21 March 2016, having successfully satisfied the required eligibility criteria during the Index's March 2016 Review.

Paul Hadaway, Chief Executive of Empiric Student Property plc, commented:

"The Board is pleased that the Company will be added to the EPRA Index which is widely followed by global real estate investors and should assist in continuing to broaden the Company's investor base and the liquidity of our Shares."

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Further information on Empiric can be found on the Company's website at www.empiric.co.uk.

Notes:

Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider of modern, direct-let, premium student accommodation across the UK. Investing in both operating and development assets, the Company focuses on quality, with assets generally in prime central locations in top university cities and towns in the UK, attracting international students and/or those studying beyond first year, in particular, postgraduates. For the 2015/16 academic year, Empiric's customer base comprised 69% international students from 98 countries. 78% of the Company's customers were students beyond their first year of study.

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.