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4 April 2022
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 serving key UK universities, announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") will be held on Monday, 23 May 2022 at 10.00 a.m. at the offices of Maitland/AMO, 3 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
All shareholders are urged to complete and submit a proxy appointment in accordance with the instructions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting and the Form of Proxy (and where possible to utilise the online voting facility). The proxy appointment must be received by Computershare Investor Services plc by no later than 10.00 a.m. on 19 May 2022.
The formal Notice of the AGM and the Form of Proxy have been 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 are also available through the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Shareholders can also submit questions to the Board in advance of the AGM by email to info@empiric.co.uk by no later than Thursday, 19 May 2022. The Board will consider all questions received and provide a written response.
The Company will keep the situation under review and may need to impose additional safety related measures which may include a change in venue and possibly adjourn the whole meeting to another date. Shareholders should therefore continue to monitor the Company's website and announcements for any updates in relation to the AGM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Empiric Student Property plc | (via Maitland/AMO below) |
Duncan Garrood (Chief Executive Officer) | |
Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer) | |
Jefferies International Limited | 020 7029 8000 |
Tom Yeadon | |
Andrew Morris | |
RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Capital Markets) | 020 7653 4000 |
Marcus Jackson Elliott Thomas | |
Maitland/AMO (Communications Adviser) | 07747 113 930 / 020 7379 5151 |
James Benjamin Alistair de Kare-silver | 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, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities. Investing both in operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student® operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments.
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.