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RNS Number : 2968M
Empiric Student Property PLC
07 May 2020
7 May 2020
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
owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK,
announces that all resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual
General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed as set out
below.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the
resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting 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 meeting, there were 603,160,958 ordinary
shares with voting rights in issue. Proxies were received by the
Company from shareholders at the meeting, as follows:
RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
VOTES
VOTES % OF VOTES VOTES % OF VOTES
CAST* CAST*
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1. To receive the Company's
Annual Report and Accounts
for the financial period
ended 31 December 2019 322,413,188 90.09 35,451,985 9.91 507,768
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report 322,002,722 99.64 1,179,322 0.36 35,190,897
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3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy 349,871,083 97.66 8,367,331 2.34 134,527
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4. To re-appoint BDO LLP
as Auditors of the Company 322,736,175 99.87 413,739 0.13 35,223,027
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5. To authorise the Directors
to determine the remuneration
of the Auditors 357,941,862 99.91 337,337 0.09 93,743
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6. To authorise the Directors
to declare and pay all
dividends as interim dividends 357,927,213 99.90 355,864 0.10 89,865
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7. To re-elect Mark Pain
as a Director of the Company 224,095,093 85.82 37,039,121 14.18 97,238,726
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8. To re-elect Alice Avis
as a Director of the Company 356,746,555 99.59 1,464,991 0.41 161,396
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9. To re-elect Timothy
Attlee as a Director of
the Company 329,970,044 99.65 1,154,378 0.35 27,248,520
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10. To re-elect Lynne
Fennah as a Director of
the Company 357,035,787 99.67 1,187,759 0.33 149,396
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11. To re-elect Jim Prower
as a Director of the Company 352,581,830 98.43 5,641,716 1.57 149,396
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12. To re-elect Stuart
Beevor as a Director of
the Company 356,752,902 99.59 1,470,644 0.41 149,396
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13. To authorise the Directors
to allot shares under
(section 551 of the Companies
Act 2006) 351,598,040 98.14 6,671,854 1.86 103,048
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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 354,585,324 98.97 3,684,570 1.03 103,048
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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 319,439,820 89.16 38,830,073 10.84 103,048
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16. Special Resolution
- authorise the Company
to make market purchases
of own shares in the Company 318,445,751 88.92 39,698,513 11.08 228,677
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17. Special resolution
- that a general meeting
may be called on not less
than 14 clear days' notice 346,570,879 96.73 11,712,198 3.27 89,865
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* Excludes votes withheld
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Empiric Student Property plc (via Maitland/AMO below)
Tim Attlee (Chief Executive Officer)
Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & Operating
Officer)
Jefferies International Limited Tel: 020 7029 8000
Stuart Klein
Tom Yeadon
RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Tel: 020 7653 4000
Capital Markets)
Charlie Foster
Marcus Jackson
Maitland/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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