Director/PDMR Shareholding

Empiric Student Property PLC

18 October 2024

 

Empiric Student Property plc

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

Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them

Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium, studio-led student accommodation aligned to top-tier universities, announces that certain Directors have acquired shares in the Company.

	Shareholding before Transaction	% of ISC	Shares Acquired	Shareholding following Transaction	% of ISC *
Mark Pain	100,000	0.0166	20,000	120,000	0.0181
Duncan Garrood	93,122	0.0154	32,000	125,122	0.0188
Donald Grant	33,177	0.0055	20,876	54,053	0.0081
Alice Avis	53,600	0.0089	6,000	59,600	0.0090
Total	279,899	0.0464	78,876	358,775	0.054

* Based on enlarged ISC following Equity Fundraising traded on 17 October 2025 and settling 21 October 2024

The Notification of Dealing Forms provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation in relation to the transaction set out above for each PDMR is set out below.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Pain
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Empiric Student Property plc
b)	LEI	213800FPF38IBPRFPU87
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00BLWDVR75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			93.00 p	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	20,000
	- Price	£18,600
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Duncan Garrood
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director/Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Empiric Student Property plc
b)	LEI	213800FPF38IBPRFPU87
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00BLWDVR75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			93.00p	32,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	32,000
	- Price	£29,760
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Donald Grant
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director/Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Empiric Student Property plc
b)	LEI	213800FPF38IBPRFPU87
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00BLWDVR75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			95.3196p	20,876
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	20,876
	- Price	£19,898.92
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Alice Avis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Empiric Student Property plc
b)	LEI	213800FPF38IBPRFPU87
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00BLWDVR75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			94.965p	6,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	6,000
	- Price	£5,697.90
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Empiric Student Property plc	(via FTI Consulting below)
Duncan Garrood (Chief Executive Officer)
Donald Grant (Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer)
FTI Consulting Dido Laurimore Eve Kirmatzis	020 3727 1000 [e-mail]

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 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 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 under the Equity Shares 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. The Company is classified as a commercial company listed under the UK Listing Rules and as such is not an alternative investment fund ("AIF") for the purposes of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD") and is not required to provide investors with a Key information Document ("KID") in accordance with the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ("PRIIPs") regulations.

 

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