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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.
Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes Cast (% of issued share capital) | Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the Company's report and accounts | 1,805,283,159 | 100.00 | 14,181 | 0.00 | 1,805,297,340 (75.16) | 1,458,919 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 1,615,726,915 | 89.43 | 190,877,698 | 10.57 | 1,806,604,613 (75.21) | 151,645 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,673,343,545 | 94.64 | 94,720,325 | 5.36 | 1,768,063,870 (73.61) | 38,692,388 |
4. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 1,774,029,545 | 99.75 | 4,466,467 | 0.25 | 1,778,496,012 (74.04) | 28,260,246 |
5. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 1,795,213,380 | 99.36 | 11,538,108 | 0.64 | 1,806,751,488 (75.22) | 4,770 |
6. To re-elect Ed Smith as a Director of the Company | 1,792,436,569 | 99.21 | 14,319,689 | 0.79 | 1,806,756,258 (75.22) | - |
7. To elect Louise Fowler as a Director of the Company | 1,803,899,624 | 99.84 | 2,847,894 | 0.16 | 1,806,747,518 (75.22) | 8,741 |
8. To re-elect Jonathan Murphy as a Director of the Company | 1,787,761,673 | 98.95 | 18,994,586 | 1.05 | 1,806,756,259 (75.22) | - |
9. To re-elect Jenefer Greenwood as a Director of the Company | 1,798,913,364 | 99.57 | 7,842,895 | 0.43 | 1,806,756,259 (75.22) | - |
10. To re-elect Jayne Cottam as a Director of the Company | 1,781,560,011 | 98.61 | 25,196,248 | 1.39 | 1,806,756,259 (75.22) | - |
11. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company | 1,801,490,951 | 99.71 | 5,265,308 | 0.29 | 1,806,756,259 (75.22) | - |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,742,034,363 | 96.42 | 64,719,533 | 3.58 | 1,806,753,896 (75.22) | 2,363 |
13. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,801,182,737 | 99.83 | 3,020,301 | 0.17 | 1,804,203,038 (75.11) | 2,553,221 |
14. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment | 1,763,812,301 | 97.76 | 40,393,379 | 2.24 | 1,804,205,680 (75.11) | 2,550,578 |
15. To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares | 1,775,944,454 | 98.42 | 28,541,067 | 1.58 | 1,804,485,521 (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' notice | 1,708,675,026 | 94.57 | 98,050,997 | 5.43 | 1,806,726,023 (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: 01925 420660 |
Orla Ball, Company Secretary David Purcell, Head of Financial Reporting | |
Finsbury |
Tel: 0207 251 3801 |
Gordon Simpson James Thompson
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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 31 March 2019, Assura's property portfolio was valued at £1,979 million.
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association.