Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 9921B

Assura PLC

12 October 2015

 

12 October 2015

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Assura plc

("Assura" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

In connection with the Prospectus published by Assura on 24 September 2015 in respect of the Share Issue, the Board of Assura is pleased to announce that at the Company's General Meeting held at 11.00 a.m. today the Resolutions set out within the Notice of General Meeting at pages 178-180 of the Prospectus were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

Resolution	For		Against		Withheld
	Number	%	Number	%	Number
1	741,549,141	93.78	49,147,879	6.22	7,842,764
2	501,299,304	98.93	5,445,454	1.07	22,546,700

Resolution 1 was passed as a special resolution and Resolution 2 was passed as an ordinary resolution.

Notes:

1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).

3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" totals.

The voting figures will also be displayed shortly on the Group's website at www.assuraplc.com.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the Resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the FCA document viewing facility: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Share Issue remains conditional upon:

i.     Admission occurring on or before 8.00 a.m. on 14 October 2015 (or such later date as the Company, Liberum and Stifel may agree, being not later than 21 October 2015); and

ii.  the Sponsor and Underwriting Agreement becoming unconditional and not having been terminated in accordance with its terms prior to Admission.

It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings for normal settlement in the New Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 14 October 2015.

Following Admission, the number of Ordinary Shares that the Company has in issue will be 1,632,989,571. The total number of voting rights of the Company will be 1,632,989,571  and this figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the FCA. No shares are held in treasury.

Unless otherwise defined, the terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as set out in the prospectus published by Assura and sent to Shareholders on 24 September 2015 (the "Prospectus"), copies of which are available on the Company's website at www.assuraplc.com.

For further information please contact:

Assura plc                                                           Tel: [phone]

Graham Roberts

Jonathan Murphy

Carolyn Jones

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited                  Tel: [phone]

Mark Young

Roger Clarke

Stewart Wallace

Tom Yeadon

Liberum Capital Limited                                  Tel: [phone]

Peter Tracey      

Richard Crawley

Jamie Richards

Tom Fyson

Important Notice

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This announcement, the Prospectus and any materials distributed in connection with this announcement or the Prospectus are not directed to, or intended for distribution to or use by, any person or entity that is a citizen or resident of, or located in, any Excluded Territory where such distribution, publication, availability or use would be contrary to law or regulation or would require any registration or licensing within such jurisdiction.

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Liberum and Stifel (together, the "Sponsors") are both regulated and authorised in the United Kingdom by the FCA. The Sponsors are acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Share Issue and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement or the Prospectus) as a client in relation to the Share Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of the Sponsors or for providing advice in relation to the Share Issue, the contents of this announcement and the accompanying documents or any matters or arrangements referred to herein or therein.

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This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with applicable law and regulation in the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.

 

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