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19 January 2016
Assura plc
Scrip Dividend Declaration
Assura plc ("Assura" or "the Company"), the UK's leading primary care property investor and developer, today announces that, pursuant to its Scrip Dividend Scheme and in response to the scrip dividend alternative for the quarterly interim dividend payable on 20 January 2016 (the "Scrip Dividend Alternative"), elections were received in respect of 9.9 per cent. of the Company's ordinary shares in issue as at the record date of 18 December 2015.
Electing shareholders will receive ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") in lieu of cash in respect of this dividend and, accordingly, 1,611,873 Shares (the "New Shares") will be issued by the Company to such shareholders.
Application has therefore been made for the admission of the New Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities ("Admission"). The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares and Admission is expected to occur at 8.00am on 20 January 2016.
Following the allotment of the New Shares, it is expected that the total number of shares in issue will be 1,636,830,516 (none of which will be held in treasury) and that, accordingly, the total number of voting rights of the Company will be 1,636,830,516.
Copies of the documents relating to the Scrip Dividend Alternative are available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism (http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
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Enquiries
Assura plc | Tel: 01925 420660 |
Orla Ball Carolyn Jones | |
Finsbury | Tel: 0207 251 3801 |
Gordon Simpson |
Notes to Editors
Assura plc, a constituent of the FTSE 250, is a UK REIT and a 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 30 September 2015, Assura's property portfolio was valued at £1,030 million.
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com