REG - Empiric Student Prop - Result of AGM

Empiric Student PropertyAnnouncement

07/05/2020 12:00

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 CAST*


VOTES


% OF VOTES CAST*








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




2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 


322,002,722


99.64


1,179,322


0.36


35,190,897




3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


349,871,083


97.66


8,367,331


2.34


134,527




4.     To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors of the Company 


322,736,175


99.87


413,739


0.13


35,223,027




5.     To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors


357,941,862


99.91


337,337


0.09


93,743




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




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




8.     To re-elect Alice Avis as a Director of the Company


356,746,555


99.59


1,464,991


0.41


161,396




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




10.  To re-elect Lynne Fennah as a Director of the Company


357,035,787


99.67


1,187,759


0.33


149,396




11.  To re-elect Jim Prower as a Director of the Company


352,581,830


98.43


5,641,716


1.57


149,396




12.  To re-elect Stuart Beevor as a Director of the Company


356,752,902


99.59


1,470,644


0.41


149,396




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




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




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




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




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



 
* 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 Capital Markets)


Tel: 020 7653 4000 




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® 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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