20th Mar 2025 08:15
20 March 2025
Assura plc
("the Company")
Notifications of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
The Company announces that on 15 January 2025 the following named PDMRs acquired ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company the under the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") following dividend award:
PDMR | Position | Number of dividend shares acquired | Purchase price per share | Shareholding of PDMR and PCA's as at 20 March 20251 |
Jonathan Murphy | CEO | 918 | £0.363 | 3,331,266 |
Jayne Cottam | CFO | 918 | £0.363 | 956,411 |
Orla Ball | General Counsel | 918 | £0.363 | 43,109 |
Robert James | Group Development Director | 712 | £0.363 | 33,969 |
Sarah Taylor | Chief People Officer | 459 | £0.363 | 22,781 |
1. N.B. totals have also been increased due to a clerical error relating to the January 2023 scrip dividend announcement made on 13th January 2023. This increased the relevant holdings by 41 (Jonathan Murphy, Jayne Cottam, Orla Ball), 19 (Robert James) and no change (Sarah Taylor).
The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below.
This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification of dealing form
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Jonathan Murphy | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| CEO | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| Assura plc | ||||||
b) | LEI
| 21380026T19N2Y52XF72 | ||||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Purchase of shares under the Company SIP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 15 January 2025 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Jayne Cottam | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| CFO | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| Assura plc | ||||||
b) | LEI
| 21380026T19N2Y52XF72 | ||||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Purchase of shares under the Company SIP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 15 January 2025 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Orla Ball | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| General Counsel | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| Assura plc | ||||||
b) | LEI
| 21380026T19N2Y52XF72 | ||||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Purchase of shares under the Company SIP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 15 January 2025 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Robert James | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Group Development Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| Assura plc | ||||||
b) | LEI
| 21380026T19N2Y52XF72 | ||||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
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Purchase of shares under the Company SIP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 15 January 2025 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Sarah Taylor | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Chief People Officer | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| Assura plc | ||||||
b) | LEI
| 21380026T19N2Y52XF72 | ||||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BVGBWW93 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
|
Purchase of shares under the Company SIP
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 15 January 2025 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||||
For more information, please contact:
Assura plc |
Tel: 0161 515 2043 |
David Purcell, Investor Relations Director
| Email: [email protected] |
FGS Global Gordon Simpson | Tel: 0207 251 3801 Email: [email protected] |
Notes to Editors
Assura plc is the UK's leading diversified healthcare REIT. Assura enables better health outcomes through its portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings, from which over six million patients are served.
A UK REIT based in Altrincham, Assura is a constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA* indices and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. As at 30 September 2024, Assura's portfolio was valued at £3.2 billion and has a strong track record of growing financial returns and dividends for shareholders.
At Assura we BUILD for health and as the first FTSE 250 certified B Corp we are committed to keeping ESG at the heart of our strategy, creating Healthy Environments (E) and Healthy Communities (S) and maintaining a Healthy Business (G).
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association
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