Empiric Student Property PLC Date for release of trading statement (7234V)

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RNS Number : 7234V

Empiric Student Property PLC

07 November 2017

7 November 2017

Empiric Student Property plc

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

Empiric announces date for release of trading update

Following the commencement of the current 2017/18 academic year, the Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, announces that the Group intends to issue a trading update, together with a dividend declaration in respect of the quarter ended 30 September 2017, on Thursday, 23 November 2017.

A Company audio webcast presentation and conference call for investors and analysts will be held at 8.00am on the day. The speakers will be: Paul Hadaway, Chief Executive; Lynne Fennah, Chief Financial Officer; and Tim Attlee, Chief Investment Officer.

Those wishing to access the live audio webcast presentation and conference call are kindly asked to contact Newgate at [e-mail] or by telephone on [phone].

A copy of the Company presentation to investors and analysts will be available once the call has commenced. Replay access to the conference call will be accessible on-demand later that morning. These will both be available via the Company website: https://www.empiric.co.uk/investor-information/company-documents.

For further information on the Company, please contact:

 
 Empiric Student Property plc      (via Newgate below) 
 Paul Hadaway (Chief Executive) 
 Lynne Fennah (Chief Financial 
  Officer) 
 Tim Attlee (Chief Investment 
  Officer) 
 
 Akur Limited (Joint Financial     Tel: [phone] 
  Adviser) 
 Tom Frost 
 Anthony Richardson 
 Siobhan Sergeant 
 
 Jefferies International Limited   Tel: [phone] 
  (Joint Financial Adviser and 
  Broker) 
 Gary Gould 
 Stuart Klein 
 
 Newgate (PR Adviser)              Tel: [phone] 
 James Benjamin                    Em: [e-mail] 
 Anna Geffert 
 Lydia Thompson 
 

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(R) 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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