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RNS Number : 8033Z

Empiric Student Property PLC

26 May 2021

26 May 2021

Empiric Student Property plc

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

RESULT OF AGM

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP) (the "Board"), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that all resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 25 May 2021 were duly passed by the Company's shareholders.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2., a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

As at the date of the AGM , there were 603,160,940 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.

The following proxy votes were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the AGM:

 
 RESOLUTION                                 FOR                    AGAINST            WITHHELD 
                                                                                       VOTES** 
                                       VOTES       % OF      VOTES      % OF VOTES 
                                                   VOTES                   CAST* 
                                                   CAST* 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 1. To receive the Company's 
  Annual Report and Accounts 
  for the financial period 
  ended 31 December 2020            375,498,887   99.92     310,196        0.08       552,678 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 2. To approve the Directors' 
  Remuneration Report               367,934,030   98.87    4,222,310       1.13      4,205,421 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 3. To re-appoint BDO LLP 
  as Auditors of the Company        369,037,330   99.89     416,333        0.11      6,908,098 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 4. To authorise the Directors 
  to determine the remuneration 
  of the Auditors                   375,913,800   99.92     312,615        0.08       135,346 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 5. To authorise the Directors 
  to declare and pay all 
  dividends as interim dividends    375,919,590   99.92     305,196        0.08       136,975 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 6. To elect Duncan Garrood 
  as a Director of the Company      375,637,009   99.85     566,477        0.15       158,275 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 7. To re-elect Mark Pain 
  as a Director of the Company      264,408,981   89.21    31,990,894     10.79      79,961,886 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 8. To re-elect Alice Avis 
  as a Director of the Company      375,151,492   99.72    1,051,994       0.28       158,275 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 9. To re-elect Lynne Fennah 
  as a Director of the Company      374,866,284   99.64    1,337,202       0.36       158,275 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 10. To re-elect Jim Prower 
  as a Director of the Company      369,333,869   98.17    6,869,617       1.83       158,275 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 11. To re-elect Stuart 
  Beevor as a Director of 
  the Company                       375,178,348   99.73    1,025,138       0.27       158,275 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 12. To approve the SAYE 
  Option Plan                       375,107,042   99.71    1,103,934       0.29       150,785 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 13. To authorise the Directors 
  to allot shares under 
  (section 551 of the Companies 
  Act 2006)                         362,824,061   96.44    13,375,653      3.56       162,047 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 14. Special Resolution 
  - subject to the passing 
  of Resolution 13, the 
  Directors shall have the 
  power to allot equity 
  securities (pursuant to 
  sections 570 and 573 of 
  the Companies Act 2006) 
  for cash                          375,504,433   99.81     714,372        0.19       142,956 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 15. Special Resolution 
  - subject to the passing 
  of Resolution 13, the 
  Directors shall have the 
  power to allot equity 
  securities (pursuant to 
  sections 570 and 573 of 
  the Companies Act 2006) 
  for cash for the purpose 
  of financing an acquisition 
  or other capital investment       334,774,142   88.98    41,444,663     11.02       142,956 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 16. Special Resolution 
  - authorise the Company 
  to make market purchases 
  of own shares in the Company      366,947,388   98.06    7,248,802       1.94      2,165,571 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 17. Special resolution 
  - that a general meeting 
  may be called on not less 
  than 14 clear days' notice        365,964,093   97.27    10,259,460      2.73       138,208 
                                   ------------  -------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 

* Excludes votes withheld

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not included in the calculation of total votes For and Against resolutions

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 & Operating 
  Officer) 
 
 Jefferies International Limited              020 7029 8000 
 S tuart Klein 
 Tom Yeadon 
 
 RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC 
  Capital Markets)                            020 7653 4000 
 Charlie Foster 
  Marcus Jackson 
 
 M aitland/AMO (Communications Adviser)       07747 113 930 
 James Benjamin                               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 located in high-demand university towns and cities across the UK. Investing in both 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 platorm, that attracts 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.

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