Empiric Student Property PLC Additional Listing (2996A)

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RNS Number : 2996A

Empiric Student Property PLC

01 June 2021

1 June 2021

Empiric Student Property plc

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

ADDITIONAL LISTING

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that an application has been made for 42,112 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Shares") to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the new Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 2 June 2021. Following Admission, the number of ordinary shares the Company has in issue will be 603,203,052.

The application is being made to meet obligations arising from a deferred share award granted on 25 April 2017 to Timothy Attlee, the former Chief Executive of the Company, pursuant to the deferred shares element of the annual bonus awards for the shortened six month financial period to 31 December 2016 . When issued, these Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

 
 Empiric Student Property plc                 (via Maitland/AMO below) 
 Duncan Garrood (Chief Executive Officer) 
 Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial & Operating 
  Officer) 
 
 Jefferies International Limited              020 7029 8000 
 Stuart Klein 
 Tom Yeadon 
 
 RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC 
  Capital Markets)                            020 7653 4000 
 Charlie Foster 
  Marcus Jackson 
 
 Maitland/AMO (Communications Adviser)        07747 113 930 
 James Benjamin                               [e-mail] 
 

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 operating platorm, that attracts 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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