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18 July 2017
Assura plc ("Company")
Result of AGM
Assura plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today at DWF LLP, 20 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3AG, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 15 June 2017) were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes Cast (% of issued share capital) | Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the report and accounts | 1,466,847,136 | 99.95 | 700,000 | 0.05 | 1,467,547,136 (80.61%) | 257,109 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Report | 1,444,072,651 | 98.38 | 23,722,945 | 1.62 | 1,467,795,596 (80.62%) | 8,648 |
3. To re-appoint the Auditors | 1,458,959,662 | 100.00 | 1,709 | - | 1,458,961,371 (80.14%) | 8,842,874 |
4. To set Auditors' remuneration | 1,467,804,045 | 100.00 | - | - | 1,467,804,045 (80.62%) | 200 |
5. To appoint S Laffin | 1,443,422,175 | 99.10 | 13,153,510 | 0.90 | 1,456,575,685 (80.01%) | 11,228,560 |
6. To appoint J Murphy | 1,452,195,760 | 99.00 | 14,682,039 | 1.00 | 1,466,877,799 (80.57%) | 926,446 |
7. To appoint J Greenwood | 1,458,964,752 | 99.40 | 8,760,599 | 0.60 | 1,467,725,351 (80.62%) | 78,894 |
8. To appoint D Richardson | 1,459,664,752 | 99.45 | 8,060,599 | 0.55 | 1,467,725,351 (80.62%) | 78,894 |
9. To appoint A Darke | 1,454,552,860 | 99.10 | 13,251,185 | 0.90 | 1,467,804,045 (80.62%) | 200 |
10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,459,903,126 | 99.46 | 7,900,919 | 0.54 | 1,467,804,045 (80.62%) | 200 |
11. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,444,517,633 | 98.41 | 23,286,412 | 1.59 | 1,467,804,045 (80.62%) | 200 |
12. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 1,373,425,073 | 93.57 | 94,378,172 | 6.43 | 1,467,803,245 (80.62%) | 1,000 |
13. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of own shares | 1,454,739,600 | 99.42 | 8,416,825 | 0.58 | 1,463,156,425 (80.37%) | 4,647,820 |
14. To approve the calling of any GM other than AGM by not less than 14 clear days' notice | 1,411,834,484 | 96.19 | 55,965,760 | 3.81 | 1,467,800,244 (80.62%) | 4,000 |
Resolutions 1-10 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 11-14 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 18 July 2017 was 1,820,555,060 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 1,820,555,060
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Copies of resolutions 11-14, 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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Enquiries:
Assura plc Orla Ball
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Finsbury Gordon Simpson | 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 innovative property solutions in order to facilitate delivery of high quality patient care in the community. At 31 March 2017, Assura's property portfolio was valued at £1,345 million.
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association