Watkin Jones plc Result of Annual General Meeting (0941X)

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RNS Number : 0941X

Watkin Jones plc

16 February 2017

 
For immediate release  16 February 2017 
 

Watkin Jones plc

('Watkin Jones' or the 'Company')

Result of Annual General Meeting

Watkin Jones plc (AIM:WJG), a leading UK developer and constructor of multi occupancy property assets, with a focus on the student accommodation sector, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today in Manchester, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

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For further information:

 
Watkin Jones plc 
Mark Watkin Jones, Chief                    Tel: [phone] 
 Executive Officer                                            516 
Phil Byrom, Chief Financial                www.watkinjonesplc.com 
 Officer 
 
Zeus Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser 
 & Joint Broker) 
Corporate Finance 
Dan Bate / Jamie Peel                        Tel: [phone] 
                                                             1512 
Corporate Broking                            Tel: [phone] 
                                                             5000 
Dominic King / Benjamin Robertson           www.zeuscapital.co.uk 
 
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)                 Tel: [phone] 
                                                             8900 
Mike Bell / Matthew Brooke-Hitching              www.peelhunt.com 
 
 
 

Media enquiries:

 
Buchanan 
Henry Harrison-Topham / Richard   Tel: [phone] 
 Oldworth 
 Jamie Hooper / Steph Watson 
[e-mail]             www.buchanan.uk.com 
 

Notes to Editors

Watkin Jones is a leading UK developer and constructor of multi occupancy property assets, with a focus on the student accommodation sector. The Group has strong relationships with institutional investors, and a good reputation for successful, on-time-delivery of high quality developments. Since 1999, Watkin Jones has delivered over 31,800 student beds across 98 sites, making it a key player and leader in the UK purpose built student accommodation market. In addition, Watkin Jones has been responsible for over 50 residential developments, ranging from starter homes to executive housing and apartments.

The Group's competitive advantage lies in its experienced management team and business model, which enables it to offer an end to end solution for investors, delivered entirely in-house with minimal reliance on third parties, across the entire life cycle of an asset. Key components of the business model are:

-- Site identification - extensive experience of site identification and acquisition facilitates high quality sites being acquired;

-- Planning consents - in depth knowledge and experience of the planning consent process specific to this type of asset facilitates high success rates on planning applications;

-- In-house construction and delivery - in-house construction expertise, management and delivery limits reliance on third parties and, together with favourable contractual relationships with key suppliers, enhances control of cost;

-- Funding structure - forward sale model reduces risk for Watkin Jones and provides security and visibility of the asset pipeline for investors. The Group has strong relationships with blue chip investors, including a number that are repeat investors in Watkin Jones developments; and

-- Asset management - dedicated property management division provides a continued service solution to investors post development completion and completes the 'end to end' business model.

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