Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP

RNS Number : 8592O

Assura PLC

11 February 2021

 

11 February 2021

Assura plc

Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP

Assura plc ("Assura"), the leading primary care property investor and developer announces that on 9 February 2021, Jayne Cottam exercised her 2017 PSP awards.

The table below shows the number of shares vesting to Mrs Cottam, the number of shares sold to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities, the number of shares received following the sale and the resultant shareholding of Ms Cottam and her persons closely associated ("PCAs").

	Number of Shares awarded	Number of shares sold to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities	Shares retained	Shareholding of PDMR and PCAs post exercise
Jayne Cottam (CFO)	167,681	(78,810)	88,871	266,537

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. The relevant market price for taxation purposes is £0. 7376 per share.

Following the allotment, Mrs Cottam transferred 88,871 shares to her husband. The total beneficial holding of Ms Cottam and her PCAs 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	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	Vesting of share awards under PSP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £NIL GBP 167,681
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	9 February 2021
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 7 8,810 shares to satisfy tax and national insurance liabilities.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.7376 GBP 78,810
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.7376 GBP 78,810 £58,130.25
e)	Date of the transaction	10 February 2021
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 8 8,871 shares to Mrs C ottam 's h usband .
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.7376 GBP 88,871
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.7376 GBP 88,871 £65,551.25
e)	Date of the transaction	10 February 2021
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 Investor Relations	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 30 September 2020, Assura's property portfolio was valued at £2,259 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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