Director/PDMR Shareholding

Assura PLC

12 July 2023

 

  12 July 2023

Assura plc

("the Company")

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

The Company announces that on 6 July 2023 the following named PDMRs were granted the following share awards over Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the Company's Performance Share Plan ("PSP").

PDMR	Position	Number of Share Awards Granted
Jonathan Murphy	CEO	1,630,779
Jayne Cottam	CFO	999,242

These awards are subject to three performance conditions which will be determined after the 2025/26 financial year.  33% of the award shares are subject to an absolute Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") performance condition, 33% of the award shares are subject to a total accounting return growth ("TAR") performance condition and the remaining 33% are subject to ESG measures.  Details of the performance conditions are set out in the Company's Directors' Remuneration Report for 2022/23.

In addition, the following PDMRs were granted restricted shares awards over Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the PSP.

PDMR	Position	Number of Restricted Share Awards Granted
Orla Ball	General Counsel	75,823
Robert James	Interim CIO	75,823
Sarah Taylor	Chief People Officer	75,823

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	Share options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options under the PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 1,630,779
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £NIL GBP 1,630,779 £NIL GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	6 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	Share options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options under the PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 999,242
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £NIL GBP 999,242 £NIL GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	6 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	General Counsel
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	Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 75,823
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £NIL GBP 75,823 £NIL GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	6 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	Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 75,823
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £NIL GBP 75,823 £NIL GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	6 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	Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 75,823
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -    Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £NIL GBP 75,823 £NIL GBP
e)	Date of the transaction	6 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

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For more information, please contact:

Assura plc	Tel: [phone]
Orla Ball, General Counsel 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

 

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