Last checked at 21 Jul 2017 12:32
21 July 2017
Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Result of General Meeting
The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that at the Company's General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions proposed were duly passed.
As at the date of the meeting, there were 501,279,071 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. Proxies were received by the Company from shareholders before the meeting, as follows:
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD VOTES | ||
VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | ||
1. To authorise the Directors to allot shares under (section 551 of the Companies Act 2006) | 225,491,884 | 95.42% | 10,832,164 | 4.58% | 2,232,342 |
2. Special Resolution - subject to the passing of Resolution 1, the Directors shall have the power to allot equity securities (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash | 224,435,459 | 94.97% | 11,879,589 | 5.03% | 2,232,342 |
3. Special Resolution - approve a general meeting of the Company being called on 14 clear days' notice | 230,664,507 | 97.47% | 5,976,828 | 2.53% | 1,906,055 |
* Excludes votes withheld
For further information on the Company, please contact:
Empiric Student Property plc | (via Newgate below) |
Paul Hadaway (Chief Executive) |
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Tim Attlee (Chief Investment Officer) |
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Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial 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 |
Lydia Thompson |
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James Ash |
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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 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.