Dividend declaration

RNS Number : 8078F

Empiric Student Property PLC

25 February 2015

 



25 February 2015

Empiric Student Property plc

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

Dividend declaration

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (LSE: ESP) has today declared a second interim dividend of 0.5 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the period from IPO on 30 June 2014 to 31 December 2014 payable on or around 18 March 2015 to Ordinary Shareholders on the register on 6 March 2015. The ex-dividend date will be 5 March 2015.  As a result, the Company will have paid a total of 2.0 pence per Ordinary Share for the period as targeted at IPO.

For further information on the Company, please contact:

Empiric Student Property plc	(via Newgate Communications)
Paul Hadaway (Chief Executive)
Tim Attlee (Chief Investment Officer)
Michael Enright (Chief Financial Officer)
Akur Limited (Joint Financial Adviser)	Tel: [phone]
Tom Frost
Anthony Richardson
Siobhan Sergeant
Jefferies International Limited (Joint Financial Adviser and Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Gary Gould
Stuart Klein
Alex Collins
Newgate(Financial PR)	Tel: [phone]
James Benjamin	Em: [e-mail]
Andre Hamlyn Lois Engstrand

Further information on Empiric can be found on the Company's website at www.espreit.co.uk.

Notes:

Empiric Student Property plc (incorporated in England & Wales) is an internally managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") investing in modern, premium student accommodation, with a focus on quality and with assets generally in prime central locations in top university cities and towns in the UK.  The Company 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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