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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*
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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
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report 367,934,030 98.87 4,222,310 1.13 4,205,421
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3. To re-appoint BDO LLP
as Auditors of the Company 369,037,330 99.89 416,333 0.11 6,908,098
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4. To authorise the Directors
to determine the remuneration
of the Auditors 375,913,800 99.92 312,615 0.08 135,346
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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
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6. To elect Duncan Garrood
as a Director of the Company 375,637,009 99.85 566,477 0.15 158,275
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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
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9. To re-elect Lynne Fennah
as a Director of the Company 374,866,284 99.64 1,337,202 0.36 158,275
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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
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12. To approve the SAYE
Option Plan 375,107,042 99.71 1,103,934 0.29 150,785
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* 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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