Assura PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8929J)

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RNS Number : 8929J

Assura PLC

16 April 2020

16 April 2020

Assura plc

("the Company")

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

The Company has been notified that in respect of the interim dividend paid on 15 April 2020, the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company through their participation in the Company's Scrip Dividend Alternative:

 
     PDMR       Date Acquired   Number of shares   Purchase price 
                                    acquired          per Share 
 Ed Smith       15 April 2020         759             GBP0.69 
               --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Jayne Cottam   15 April 2020         879             GBP 0.69 
               --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 

The Notification of Dealing Form for Mr Smith and Mrs Cottam can be found below.

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

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Notification of dealing form

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
 a)   Name                       Ed Smith 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status            Chairman 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/      Initial notification 
       Amendment 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 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                Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
       of the financial 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification 
       code                       GB00BVGBWW93 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                  Purchase of shares under the Scrip Dividend 
       the transaction            Alternative 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                     Price(s)        Volume(s) 
       and volume(s) 
                                     GBP0.69 GBP     759 
                                                   ---------- 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information 
                                    Aggregate      Aggregate   Aggregate 
        *    Aggregated volume       Price          Volume      Total 
 
                                     GBP0.69 GBP    759         GBP523.71 
                                                                GBP 
        *    Price                                ----------  ----------- 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the                15 April 2020 
       transaction 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of                   XLON 
       the transaction 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 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/      Initial notification 
       Amendment 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 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                Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
       of the financial 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification 
       code                       GB00BVGBWW93 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                  Purchase of shares under the Scrip Dividend 
       the transaction            Alternative 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                     Price(s)        Volume(s) 
       and volume(s) 
                                     GBP0.69 GBP     879 
                                                   ---------- 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information 
                                    Aggregate      Aggregate   Aggregate 
        *    Aggregated volume       Price          Volume      Total 
 
                                     GBP0.69 GBP    879         GBP606.51 
                                                                GBP 
        *    Price                                ----------  ----------- 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the                15 April 2020 
       transaction 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of                   XLON 
       the transaction 
     -------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 

For more information, please contact:

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

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 2019, Assura's property portfolio was valued at GBP2,039 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: 21380026T19N2Y52XF7

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