Last checked at 5 Dec 2019 09:02
5 December 2019
Assura plc
Notice of Dividend
Assura plc ("Assura" or "the Company"), the UK's leading primary care property investor and developer, today announces that the next quarterly interim dividend of 0.697 pence per share will be paid on 15 January 2020 to shareholders on the register on 13 December 2019 (the "Record Date"). The Ex-dividend Date will be 12 December 2019.
This interim dividend will be a normal dividend (Non-PID). Please refer to Company's website HERE for more information.
Shareholders may choose for the dividend to be paid either as cash or to be settled in New Shares via the Scrip Dividend Alternative. The Scrip Dividend Alternative price is to be calculated using the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, for the five consecutive business days commencing on the Ex-dividend Date and will be announced by the Company and detailed on the Company's website on 19 December 2019.
Any shareholders wishing to take up the Scrip Dividend Alternative, who have not already done so, will have until 4.30pm on 2 January 2020 either to return their completed mandate form to the Company registrars, Link Asset Services at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU (in the case of shareholdings in certificated form) or to take the necessary action via the CREST system (in the case of shareholdings in uncertificated form).
The Circular concerning this Scrip Dividend Alternative is available on the Company's website, www.assuraplc.com and is also available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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For more information, please contact:
Assura plc |
Tel: 01925 420660 |
Orla Ball, Company Secretary David Purcell, Head of Financial Reporting
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Finsbury Gordon SimpsonJames Thompson | Tel: 0207 251 3801 |
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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 £2,039 million.
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association