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28 March 2019
Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of student accommodation across the UK, announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Thursday, 2 May 2019 at 9.00am at the offices of Maitland/AMO, 3 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
The formal notice of the Annual General Meeting and the Form of Proxy will today be posted to shareholders and are also available in the Investor Information section on the Company's website at www.empiric.co.uk/investor-information/company-documents and will shortly be available through the National Storage Mechanism.
The AGM notice contains details of the resolution to be put to shareholders relating to the transfer of the listing category of the whole of the Company's issued share capital from a premium listed closed-ended investment fund under Chapter 15 of the Listing Rules, to a premium listed commercial company under Chapter 6 of the Listing Rules.
For further information on the Company, please contact:
Empiric Student Property plc | (via Maitland/AMO below) |
Tim Attlee (Chief Executive Officer) | |
Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & Operating Officer) | |
Jefferies International Limited | Tel: 020 7029 8000 |
Gary Gould | |
Stuart Klein | |
Maitland/AMO (Communications Adviser) | Tel: 020 7379 5151 |
James Benjamin | Email: empiric-maitland@maitland.co.uk |
The Company's LEI is 213800FPF38IBPRFPU87.
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 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.