Empiric Student Property plc
("Empiric" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium, studio-led, student accommodation across the UK, announces that all resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 24 May 2023 were voted on and duly passed by a poll by the Company's shareholders and the results of the poll, including proxy votes received, are 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
Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions.
As at the date of the meeting, there were 603,351,880 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.
| RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD VOTES* | ||
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| VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* |
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| 1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 | 436,646,114 | 100.0 | 21,479 | 0.0 | 364,906 |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 387,634,869 | 88.7 | 49,363,221 | 11.3 | 34,409 |
| 3. To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy | 401,730,425 | 91.9 | 35,262,666 | 8.1 | 39,408 |
| 4. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors of the Company | 430,185,760 | 100.0 | 39,726 | 0.0 | 6,807,013 |
| 5. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors | 436,985,183 | 100.0 | 22,826 | 0.0 | 24,490 |
| 6. To authorise the Directors to declare and pay all dividends as interim dividends | 437,001,117 | 100.0 | 7,192 | 0.0 | 24,190 |
| 7. To elect Clair Preston-Beer as a Director of the Company who, had been appointed as a Director by the Board since the last AGM | 433,868,954 | 99.3 | 3,134,355 | 0.7 | 29,190 |
| 8. To elect Donald Grant as a Director of the Company who, had been appointed as a Director by the Board since the last AGM | 429,131,998 | 98.2 | 7,871,311 | 1.8 | 29,190 |
| 9. To re-elect Mark Pain as a Director of the Company | 414,102,456 | 94.8 | 22,900,853 | 5.2 | 29,190 |
| 10. To re-elect Alice Avis as a Director of the Company | 430,183,031 | 98.4 | 6,820,278 | 1.6 | 29,190 |
| 11. To re-elect Duncan Garrood as a Director of the Company | 433,273,932 | 99.1 | 3,729,377 | 0.9 | 29,190 |
| 12. To re-elect Martin Ratchford as a Director of the Company | 386,482,305 | 98.3 | 6,781,315 | 1.7 | 43,768,879 |
| 13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares under (section 551 of the Companies Act 2006) | 414,146,824 | 94.8 | 22,861,485 | 5.2 | 24,190 |
| 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 | 388,062,749 | 88.8 | 48,945,560 | 11.2 | 24,190 |
| 15. Special Resolution - authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares in the Company | 436,967,304 | 100.0 | 35,202 | 0.0 | 29,993 |
| 16. Special resolution - that a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 420,810,560 | 96.3 | 16,188,013 | 3.7 | 33,926 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
ENDS
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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 platform, that is attractive to 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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