REG - Empiric Student Prop - Share purchase by Non-Executive Chairman Designate

Empiric Student PropertyAnnouncement

21/08/2018 11:00

RNS Number : 4391Y
Empiric Student Property PLC
21 August 2018
 


 
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® 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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