Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP

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Assura PLC

24 July 2020

 

24 July 2020

Assura plc

Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP

Assura plc ("Assura"), the leading primary care property investor and developer announces that on 22 July 2020, Jonathan Murphy exercised his 2017 PSP awards.

The table below shows the number of shares vesting to Mr Murphy, the number of shares sold to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities, the number of shares sold for the benefit of the Assura Community Fund and the number of shares he received following the sales.

	Number of Shares awarded	Number of shares sold to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities	Additional shares sold on behalf of the Assura Community Fund	Number of shares after shares sold
Jonathan Murphy (CEO)	584,496	(274,713)	(45,000)	264,783

The Remuneration Committee of Assura had agreed that sufficient shares may be sold by PDMRs to cover the arising income tax and national insurance liabilities and that Mr Murphy could sell 45,000 shares to make a contribution to the Assura Community Fund. The relevant market price for taxation purposes is £0.786 per share.

As a result of the above, the increase in Mr Murphy's shareholding and those of his connected persons is as follows:

	Shareholding on 21 July 2020	Shareholding  post exercise
Jonathan Murphy (CEO)	2 ,159,393	2 ,424,176

Following the allotment, Mr Murphy transferred 264,783 shares to his wife. His total beneficial holding remains the same.

The Notification of Dealing Form for the 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	Vesting of share awards under PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 584,496
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	22 July 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 319,713 shares to satisfy tax and national insurance liabilities and to make a contribution to the Assura Community Fund .
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.786 GBP 319,713
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.786 GBP 319,713 £251,294.42
e)	Date of the transaction	24 July 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BVGBWW93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of 264,783 shares to Mr Murphy's wife.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.786 GBP 264,783
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.786 GBP 264,783 £208,119.44
e)	Date of the transaction	24 July 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

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For more information, please contact:

Assura plc Orla Ball, Company Secretary David Purcell, Head of Financial Reporting	Tel: [phone] E mail: [e-mail]
Finsbury Gordon Simpson James Thompson	Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Notes to Editors

Assura plc, a constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA* indices, is a UK REIT and long-term investor in and developer of primary care property. The company, headquartered in Warrington, works with GPs, health professionals and the NHS to create outstanding spaces for health services in our communities. At 31 March 2020, Assura's property portfolio was valued at £2,139 million.

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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