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RNS Number : 5515J  Assura PLC  08 April 2024

8 April 2024

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 10 April 2024 (the "Scrip Dividend Alternative"),
elections were received in respect of 8.3 per cent. of the Company's ordinary
shares in issue as at the record date of 8 March 2024.

Electing shareholders will receive ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares")
in lieu of cash in respect of this dividend and, accordingly 4,663,894 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 Financial Conduct 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 10 April 2024.

Following the allotment of the New Shares, it is expected that the total
number of shares in issue will be 2,989,454,390 (none of which will be held in
treasury) and that, accordingly, the total number of voting rights of the
Company will be 2,989,454,390.

Copies of the documents relating to the Scrip Dividend Alternative are
available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) ).

This interim dividend is 100% Property Income Distribution ("PID"). Forms to
register for gross PIDs (on future interim dividends) are available on the
Company's website. Please click here for PID Forms
(http://assuraplc.com/investor-relations/shareholder-information/reit-dividends-and-uk-tax)
.

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For more information, please contact:

 

 Assura plc                                   Tel: 0161 515 2043
 David Purcell, Investor Relations Director   Email: Investor@assura.co.uk
 FGS Global                                   Tel: 0207 251 3801
 Gordon Simpson                               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 30 September 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
(http://www.assuraplc.com)

Assura plc LEI code: 21380026T19N2Y52XF72

*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate
Association.

 

 

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