Empiric Student Property PLC Share purchase by Non-Executive Chairman Designate (4391Y)

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RNS Number : 4391Y

Empiric Student Property PLC

21 August 2018

Empiric Student Property plc

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

SHARE PURCHASE BY NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN DESIGNATE

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that Mark Pain, Non-Executive Chairman of the Group with effect from 1 September 2018, today acquired a total of 100,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 95.5 pence per share.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

 
 
   Empiric Student Property plc           (via Newgate below) 
 Tim Attlee (Acting Chief Executive 
  Officer & Chief Investment Officer) 
 Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & 
  Operating Officer) 
 
 
   Jefferies International Limited        Tel: 020 7029 8000 
 Gary Gould 
 Stuart Klein 
 
 
   Newgate (PR Adviser)                   Tel: 020 7680 6550 
 James Benjamin                         Em: empiric@newgatecomms.com 
 Anna Geffert

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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