Empiric Student Property PLC Dividend Declaration (1335D)
February 17 2020 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMESP
RNS Number : 1335D
Empiric Student Property PLC
17 February 2020
17 February 2020
Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries,
the "Group")
DIVIDEND DECLARATION
The board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP) (the
"Board"), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation
across the UK, has declared a dividend of 1.25 pence per Ordinary
Share in respect of the quarter ended 31 December 2019, payable on
20 March 2020 to all Ordinary Shareholders on the register on 28
February 2020. The ex-dividend date will be 27 February 2020.
0.85 pence of this dividend will be paid as a Property Income
Distribution ("PID") in respect of the Company's tax-exempt
property rental business and 0.40 pence will be paid as an Ordinary
UK dividend ("non-PID").
The Board is targeting an aggregate dividend of 5.0 pence per
share for the year to 31 December 2019. (1)
Note:
(1) The target dividend is a target only and not a forecast.
There can be no assurance that the target will be met and it should
not be taken as an indication of the Company's expected or actual
future results.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Empiric Student Property plc (via M aitland/AMO below)
Tim Attlee (Chief Executive Officer)
Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & Operating
Officer)
Jefferies International Limited Tel: 020 7029 8000
Philip Noblet
Gary Gould
RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Tel: 020 7653 4000
Capital Markets)
Charlie Foster
Marcus Jackson
M aitland/AMO (Communications Adviser) Tel: 020 7379 5151
James Benjamin Email: 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, 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(R) 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.
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