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Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP
Assura plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Company Number: 09349441)
LEI number: 21380026T19N2Y52XF72
LSE Share Code: AGR
JSE Share Code: AHR
ISIN Code: GB00BVGBWW93
Assura plc
("the Company")
Exercise of Nil Cost Options under PSP
The Company announces that on 22 July 2025, the PDMRs listed below exercised their
2022 PSP awards.
The table below shows the number of shares vesting, the number of shares sold to satisfy
income tax and national insurance liabilities and the number of shares received following
the sales.
Number of Number of shares sold Additional Number of
shares to satisfy income tax shares shares after
awarded and national insurance sold shares sold
liabilities
Jonathan Murphy 344,426 161,880 - 182,546
Jayne Cottam 200,490 94,230 - 106,260
Orla Ball 62,964 29,593 33,371 -
Rob James 80,135 37,663 42,472 -
The Remuneration Committee of Assura had agreed that sufficient shares may be sold by
each PDMR to cover the arising income tax and national insurance liabilities and that Ms
Ball and Mr James could sell the balances of their restricted shares in full. The relevant
market price for taxation purposes is £0.5025 per share.
As a result of the above, the PDMR's shareholding and those of their connected persons is
as follows:
Shareholding on Shareholding
21 July 2025 post exercise
Jonathan Murphy 3,335,217 3,517,763
Jayne Cottam 960,362 1,066,622
Orla Ball 47,060 47,060
Rob James 37,667 37,667
Following the allotment, Mr Murphy and Ms Cottam transferred 182,546 and 106,260 shares
respectively to their spouses. The total beneficial holding remains the same.
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
a) Name Jonathan Murphy
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status CEO
b) Initial Initial notification
notification/
Amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Vesting of share awards under PSP
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£Nil GBP 344,426
d) Aggregated
information N/A
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares to satisfy tax and national insurance
liabilities
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 161,880
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 161,880 £81,344.70 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Transfer of shares to spouse
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 182,546
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 182,546 £91,729.37 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name Jayne Cottam
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status CFO
b) Initial Initial notification
notification/
Amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Vesting of share awards under PSP
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£Nil GBP 200,490
d) Aggregated
information N/A
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares to satisfy tax and national insurance
liabilities
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 94,230
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 94,230 £47,350.58 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Transfer of shares to spouse
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 106,260
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 106,260 £53,395.65 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name Orla Ball
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status General Counsel
b) Initial Initial notification
notification/
Amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Vesting of restricted share awards under PSP
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£Nil GBP 62,964
d) Aggregated
information N/A
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares to satisfy tax and national insurance
liabilities
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 29,593
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 29,593 £14,870.48 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 33,371
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 33,371 £16,768.93 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name Rob James
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Group Development Director
b) Initial Initial notification
notification/
Amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Vesting of restricted share awards under PSP
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£Nil GBP 80,135
d) Aggregated
information N/A
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares to satisfy tax and national insurance
liabilities
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 37,663
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 37,663 £18,910.58 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
a) Description of Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
the financial
instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification GB00BVGBWW93
code
b) Nature of the
transaction Sale of shares
c) Price(s) and
volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.5025 GBP 42,272
d) Aggregated
information
- Aggregated Aggregate Price Aggregate Aggregate Total
volume Volume
- Price £0.5025 GBP 42,272 £21,241.68 GBP
e) Date of the 22 July 2025
transaction
f) Place of the XLON
transaction
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 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.
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
23 July 2025
Corporate Advisor and JSE Sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited
Date: 23-07-2025 10:30:00
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