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Empiric Student Property PLC
24 May 2023
Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries,
the "Group")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and
operator of premium, studio-led, student accommodation across the
UK, announces that all resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual
General Meeting held on 24 May 2023 were voted on and duly passed
by a poll by the Company's shareholders and the results of the
poll, including proxy votes received, are 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
Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 (inclusive) were proposed as
special resolutions.
As at the date of the meeting, there were 603,351,880 ordinary
shares with voting rights in issue. The Company does not hold any
shares in Treasury.
RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
VOTES*
VOTES % OF VOTES % OF
VOTES VOTES
CAST* CAST*
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1. To receive the Company's
Annual Report and Accounts
for the financial year
ended 31 December 2022 436,646,114 100.0 21,479 0.0 364,906
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report 387,634,869 88.7 49,363,221 11.3 34,409
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3. To approve the Directors
Remuneration Policy 401,730,425 91.9 35,262,666 8.1 39,408
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4. To re-appoint BDO LLP
as Auditors of the Company 430,185,760 100.0 39,726 0.0 6,807,013
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5. To authorise the Directors
to determine the remuneration
of the Auditors 436,985,183 100.0 22,826 0.0 24,490
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6. To authorise the Directors
to declare and pay all
dividends as interim dividends 437,001,117 100.0 7,192 0.0 24,190
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7. To elect Clair Preston-Beer
as a Director of the Company
who, had been appointed
as a Director by the Board
since the last AGM 433,868,954 99.3 3,134,355 0.7 29,190
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8. To elect Donald Grant
as a Director of the Company
who, had been appointed
as a Director by the Board
since the last AGM 429,131,998 98.2 7,871,311 1.8 29,190
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9. To re-elect Mark Pain
as a Director of the Company 414,102,456 94.8 22,900,853 5.2 29,190
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10. To re-elect Alice
Avis as a Director of
the Company 430,183,031 98.4 6,820,278 1.6 29,190
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11. To re-elect Duncan
Garrood as a Director
of the Company 433,273,932 99.1 3,729,377 0.9 29,190
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12. To re-elect Martin
Ratchford as a Director
of the Company 386,482,305 98.3 6,781,315 1.7 43,768,879
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13. To authorise the Directors
to allot shares under
(section 551 of the Companies
Act 2006) 414,146,824 94.8 22,861,485 5.2 24,190
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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 388,062,749 88.8 48,945,560 11.2 24,190
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15. Special Resolution
- authorise the Company
to make market purchases
of own shares in the Company 436,967,304 100.0 35,202 0.0 29,993
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16. Special resolution
- that a general meeting
may be called on not less
than 14 clear days' notice 420,810,560 96.3 16,188,013 3.7 33,926
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* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
ENDS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Empiric Student Property plc (via FTI Consulting below)
Duncan Garrood (Chief Executive Officer)
Donald Grant (Chief Financial & Sustainability
Officer)
Jefferies International Limited 020 7029 8000
Tom Yeadon
Andrew Morris
Peel Hunt LLP 020 7418 8900
Capel Irwin
Carl Gough
FTI Consulting 020 3727 1000
Dido Laurimore empiric@fticonsulting.com
Eve Kirmatzis
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(R) 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 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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