Director/PDMR Shareholding

Assura PLC

06 July 2023

 

6 July 2023

Assura plc

("the Company")

Notifications of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

The Company announces that on 5 July 2023 the following named PDMRs acquired partnership shares and were awarded matching share awards over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP").

PDMR	Position	Number of partnership shares acquired	Number of matching shares awarded	Shareholding of PDMR and PCAs post acquisition and award
Jonathan Murphy	CEO	324	378	2,860,873
Jayne Cottam	CFO	324	378	647,606
Orla Ball	Company Secretary	324	378	19,395
Robert James	Interim CIO	325	380	11,285
Sarah Taylor	Chief People Officer	327	381	1,358

The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of dealing form

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jonathan Murphy
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Assura plc
b)	LEI	21380026T19N2Y52XF72
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of partnership shares and award of matching shares under the SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.4598 GBP 702
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.4598 GBP 702 £322.78 GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	05 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jayne Cottam
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Assura plc
b)	LEI	21380026T19N2Y52XF72
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of partnership shares and award of matching shares under the SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.4598 GBP 702
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.4598 GBP 702 £322.78 GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Orla Ball
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Assura plc
b)	LEI	21380026T19N2Y52XF72
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of partnership shares and award of matching shares under the SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.4598 GBP 702
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.4598 GBP 702 £322.78 GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert James
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Interim CIO
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Assura plc
b)	LEI	21380026T19N2Y52XF72
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of partnership shares and award of matching shares under the SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.4598 GBP 705
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.4598 GBP 705 £324.16 GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Sarah Taylor
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief People Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Assura plc
b)	LEI	21380026T19N2Y52XF72
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of partnership shares and award of matching shares under the SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.4598 GBP 708
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.4598 GBP 708 £325.54 GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

For more information, please contact:

Assura plc	Tel: [phone]
Orla Ball, Company Secretary David Purcell, Investor Relations Director	Email: [e-mail]
FGS Global Gordon Simpson James Thompson	Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Assura plc is a national healthcare premises specialist and UK REIT based in Altrincham, UK - caring for more than 600 primary healthcare buildings, from which over six million patients are served.

A constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA* indices, as at 31 March 2023, Assura's portfolio was valued at £2.7 billion.

At Assura, we BUILD for health. Assura builds better spaces for people and places, invests in skills and inspires new ways of working, and unlocks the power of design and innovation to deliver lasting impact for communities - aiming for six million people to have benefitted from improvements to and through its healthcare buildings by 2026. 

Assura is leading for a sustainable future, targeting net zero carbon across its portfolio by 2040.

Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com

*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association
Assura plc LEI code: 21380026T19N2Y52XF72

 

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