Assura PLC Result of AGM (2168U)

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RNS Number : 2168U

Assura PLC

10 July 2018

10 July 2018

Assura plc ("Company")

Result of AGM

Assura plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today at the offices of CMS, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, EC4N 6AF, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 7 June 2018) were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

 
                                                                           Total Votes 
                                                                            Cast (% 
                                          %                                 of issued        Votes 
 Resolution               For              For    Against      % Against    share capital)    Withheld 
                                                                             1,734,022,808 
 1. To receive 
  the report 
  and accounts            1,732,996,259   99.94    1,026,549        0.06           (72.69)      104,762 
                                                                             1,734,023,414 
 2. To approve 
  the Remuneration 
  Report                  1,703,887,576   98.26   30,135,838        1.74           (72.69)      104,156 
 3. To re-appoint 
  the                                                                        1,709,568,797 
   Auditors               1,705,453,656   99.76    4,115,141        0.24           (71.67)   24,558,773 
                                                                             1,734,090,869 
 4. To set Auditors' 
  remuneration            1,725,279,005   99.49    8,811,864        0.51           (72.69)       36,702 
                                                                             1,732,591,521 
  5. To appoint 
   E Smith                1,719,426,787   99.24   13,164,734        0.76           (72.63)    1,536,049 
                                                                             1,734,082,731 
 6. To appoint 
  J Murphy                1,712,383,829   98.75   21,698,902        1.25           (72.69)       44,840 
 7. To appoint                                                               1,734,082,967 
  J Greenwood             1,728,365,306   99.67    5,717,661        0.33           (72.69)       44,604 
 8. To appoint                                                               1,734,082,967 
  D Richardson            1,728,689,017   99.69    5,393,950        0.31           (72.69)       44,604 
                                                                             1,734,082,731 
 9. To appoint 
  J Cottam                1,717,309,799   99.03   16,772,932        0.97           (72.69)       44,840 
                                                                             1,734,050,867 
 10. To appoint 
  J Davies                1,731,245,263   99.84    2,805,604        0.16           (72.69)       76,704 
                                                                             1,734,107,731 
 11. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to allot shares         1,720,600,742   99.22   13,506,989        0.78           (72.69)       19,840 
                                                                             1,734,098,893 
 12. To empower 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                  1,731,539,653   99.85    2,559,240        0.15           (72.69)       28,678 
                                                                             1,734,112,030 
 13. To empower 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights in connection 
  with an acquisition 
  or capital 
  investment              1,695,357,225   97.77   38,754,805        2.23           (72.69)       15,540 
                                                                             1,728,112,582 
 14. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to make market 
  purchases of 
  own shares              1,703,137,876   98.55   24,974,706        1.45           (72.44)    6,014,988 
                                                                             1,734,115,869 
 15. To approve 
  the calling 
  of any GM other 
  than AGM by 
  not less than 
  14 clear days' 
  notice                  1,636,660,318   94.38   97,455,551        5.62           (72.69)       11,702 
 

Resolutions 1-11 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 12-15 were passed as special resolutions. Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman.

Notes:

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

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

3. The number of ordinary shares in issue on the share register at 6.00pm on 9 July 2018 was 2,385,478,023 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 2,385,478,023.

Copies of resolutions 12-15, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

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For more information, please contact:

 
 
  Assura plc     Tel: [phone] 
Orla Ball 
 
  Edelman        Tel: [phone] 
John Kiely 
 Brett Jacobs 
 Rob Yates 
 

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 innovative property solutions in order to facilitate delivery of high quality patient care in the community. At 31 March 2018, Assura's property portfolio was valued at GBP1,733 million.

Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com

*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association.

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