Result of AGM

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 CAST*	VOTES	% OF VOTES 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	[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 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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