Last checked at 12 Jul 2023 16:36
12 July 2023
Assura plc
("the Company")
Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
The Company announces that on 6 July 2023 the following named PDMRs were granted the following share awards over Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the Company's Performance Share Plan ("PSP").
PDMR | Position | Number of Share Awards Granted |
Jonathan Murphy | CEO | 1,630,779 |
Jayne Cottam | CFO | 999,242 |
These awards are subject to three performance conditions which will be determined after the 2025/26 financial year. 33% of the award shares are subject to an absolute Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") performance condition, 33% of the award shares are subject to a total accounting return growth ("TAR") performance condition and the remaining 33% are subject to ESG measures. Details of the performance conditions are set out in the Company's Directors' Remuneration Report for 2022/23.
In addition, the following PDMRs were granted restricted shares awards over Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the PSP.
PDMR | Position | Number of Restricted Share Awards Granted |
Orla Ball | General Counsel | 75,823 |
Robert James | Interim CIO | 75,823 |
Sarah Taylor | Chief People Officer | 75,823 |
The Notification of Dealing Form for each 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
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a) | Name
| Jonathan Murphy | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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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
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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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Share options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options under the PSP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 July 2023 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Jayne Cottam | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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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
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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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Share options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options under the PSP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 July 2023 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Orla Ball | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| General Counsel | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 July 2023 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Robert James | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Interim CIO | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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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
|
Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 July 2023 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Sarah Taylor | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Chief People Officer | ||||||
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
|
Grant of restricted share awards under the PSP
| ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 July 2023 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
- ENDS -
For more information, please contact:
Assura plc |
Tel: 0161 515 2043 |
Orla Ball, General Counsel David Purcell, Investor Relations Director
| Email: Investor@assura.co.uk |
FGS Global Gordon SimpsonJames Thompson | Tel: 0207 251 3801 Email: Assura@fgsglobal.com |
Notes to Editors
Assura plc is a national healthcare premises specialist and UK REIT based in Altrincham, UK - caring for more than 600 primary healthcare buildings, from which over six million patients are served.
A constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA* indices, as at 31 March 2023, Assura's portfolio was valued at £2.7 billion.
At Assura, we BUILD for health. Assura builds better spaces for people and places, invests in skills and inspires new ways of working, and unlocks the power of design and innovation to deliver lasting impact for communities - aiming for six million people to have benefitted from improvements to and through its healthcare buildings by 2026.
Assura is leading for a sustainable future, targeting net zero carbon across its portfolio by 2040.
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association