REG - Empiric Student Prop - Director/PDMR Shareholding

Empiric Student PropertyAnnouncement

17/03/2023 10:30

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RNS Number : 3773T  Empiric Student Property PLC  17 March 2023

 

 

Empiric Student Property plc

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

 

Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") and
persons closely associated with them

 

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and
operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that Alice
Avis, Senior Independent Director, acquired a total of 53,600 ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 85.80 pence per share through a connected
entity, Lawgate Properties Limited.

 

Following the purchase, Ms Avis's total shareholding comprises 53,600 ordinary
shares, representing 0.0089% of the issued share capital of the Company.

 

The Notification of Dealing Form provided in accordance with the requirements
of the Market Abuse Regulation in relation to the transaction listed above is
set out below.

 

 

 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
       associated
 a)    Name                                                         Alice Avis
 2     Reason for the notification
 a)    Position/status                                              Senior Independent Director
 b)    Initial notification / Amendment                             Initial notification
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
       platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)    Name                                                         Empiric Student Property plc
 b)    LEI                                                          213800FPF38IBPRFPU87
 4     Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
       instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
       place where transactions have been conducted
 a)    Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of 1p each

       Identification code                                          GB00BLWDVR75

 b)    Nature of the transaction                                    Purchase

 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)
                                                                                      Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                      85.80p            53,600

 d)    Aggregated information

       - Aggregated volume                                          53,600

       - Price                                                      85.80p

 e)    Date of the transaction                                      16 March 2023
 f)    Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

 

 

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 (mailto: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 (http://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 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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