Assura PLC Result of AGM (2459E)

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RNS Number : 2459E

Assura PLC

02 July 2019

2 July 2019

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 30 May 2019) were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

 
                                                                             Total Votes 
                                                                              Cast (% 
                                          %                                   of issued        Votes 
 Resolution               For              For     Against       % Against    share capital)    Withheld 
 1. To receive 
  the Company's                                                                1,805,297,340 
  report and accounts     1,805,283,159   100.00        14,181        0.00           (75.16)    1,458,919 
 2. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration                                                                 1,806,604,613 
  Policy                  1,615,726,915    89.43   190,877,698       10.57           (75.21)      151,645 
 3. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration                                                                 1,768,063,870 
  Report                  1,673,343,545    94.64    94,720,325        5.36           (73.61)   38,692,388 
 4. To re-appoint 
  Deloitte LLP 
  as auditor of                                                                1,778,496,012 
  the Company             1,774,029,545    99.75     4,466,467        0.25           (74.04)   28,260,246 
 5. To authorise 
  the Audit Committee 
  to determine 
  the auditor's                                                                1,806,751,488 
  remuneration            1,795,213,380    99.36    11,538,108        0.64           (75.22)        4,770 
 6. To re-elect 
  Ed Smith as 
  a Director of                                                                1,806,756,258 
  the Company             1,792,436,569    99.21    14,319,689        0.79           (75.22)            - 
 7. To elect 
  Louise Fowler 
  as a Director                                                                1,806,747,518 
  of the Company          1,803,899,624    99.84     2,847,894        0.16           (75.22)        8,741 
 8. To re-elect 
  Jonathan Murphy 
  as a Director                                                                1,806,756,259 
  of the Company          1,787,761,673    98.95    18,994,586        1.05           (75.22)            - 
 9. To re-elect 
  Jenefer Greenwood 
  as a Director                                                                1,806,756,259 
  of the Company          1,798,913,364    99.57     7,842,895        0.43           (75.22)            - 
 10. To re-elect 
  Jayne Cottam 
  as a Director                                                                1,806,756,259 
  of the Company          1,781,560,011    98.61    25,196,248        1.39           (75.22)            - 
 11. To re-elect 
  Jonathan Davies 
  as a Director                                                                1,806,756,259 
  of the Company          1,801,490,951    99.71     5,265,308        0.29           (75.22)            - 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors                                                                1,806,753,896 
  to allot shares         1,742,034,363    96.42    64,719,533        3.58           (75.22)        2,363 
 13. To empower 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption                                                                  1,804,203,038 
  rights                  1,801,182,737    99.83     3,020,301        0.17           (75.11)    2,553,221 
 14. To empower 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights in connection 
  with an acquisition 
  or specified                                                                 1,804,205,680 
  capital investment      1,763,812,301    97.76    40,393,379        2.24           (75.11)    2,550,578 
 15. To authorise 
  the market purchase 
  of the Company's                                                             1,804,485,521 
  own shares              1,775,944,454    98.42    28,541,067        1.58           (75.12)    2,270,737 
 16. To authorise 
  the Company 
  to call any 
  general meeting, 
  other than the 
  Annual General 
  Meeting, by 
  not less than 
  12 clear days'                                                               1,806,726,023 
  notice                  1,708,675,026    94.57    98,050,997        5.43           (75.22)       30,236 
 

Resolutions 1-12 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 13-16 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 1 July 2019 was 2,402,079,280 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 2,402,079,280.

Copies of resolutions 13-16, 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, 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 31 March 2019, Assura's property portfolio was valued at GBP1,979 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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