4 July 2024
Assura plc ("Company")
Result of AGM
Assura plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 1 June 2024) 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 |
2,504,731,758 |
99.96 |
1,068,179 |
0.04 |
2,505,799,937 (83.82) |
1,786,565 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
2,265,917,896 |
92.18 |
192,146,274 |
7.82 |
2,458,064,170 (82.22) |
49,522,332 |
|
3. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company |
2,485,635,180 |
99.13 |
21,927,079 |
0.87 |
2,507,562,259 (83.88) |
24,243 |
|
4. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
2,507,429,142 |
99.99 |
143,591 |
0.01 |
2,507,572,733 (83.88) |
13,769 |
|
5. To re-elect Ed Smith as a Director of the Company |
2,334,664,222 |
93.55 |
160,936,695 |
6.45 |
2,495,600,917 (83.48) |
11,985,584 |
|
6. To re-elect Louise Fowler as a Director of the Company |
2,474,236,435 |
98.67 |
33,322,682 |
1.33 |
2,507,559,117 (83.88) |
27,384 |
|
7. To re-elect Jonathan Murphy as a Director of the Company |
2,488,262,988 |
99.23 |
19,297,044 |
0.77 |
2,507,560,032 (83.88) |
26,470 |
|
8. To re-elect Jayne Cottam as a Director of the Company |
2,485,494,253 |
99.12 |
22,065,779 |
0.88 |
2,507,560,032 (83.88) |
26,470 |
|
9. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company |
2,456,425,207 |
98.69 |
32,559,286 |
1.31 |
2,488,984,493 (83.26) |
18,602,008 |
|
10. To re-elect Sam Barrell as a Director of the Company |
2,465,369,797 |
98.32 |
42,189,320 |
1.68 |
2,507,559,117 (83.88) |
27,384 |
|
11. To re-elect Emma Cariaga as a Director of the Company |
2,506,913,031 |
99.97 |
646,087 |
0.03 |
2,507,559,118 (83.88) |
27,384 |
|
12. To re-elect Noel Gordon as a Director of the Company |
2,493,543,158 |
99.44 |
14,019,160 |
0.56 |
2,507,562,318 (83.88) |
24,184 |
|
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
2,389,749,564 |
95.30 |
117,821,821 |
4.70 |
2,507,571,385 (83.88) |
15,117 |
|
14. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
2,446,423,969 |
97.60 |
60,167,285 |
2.40 |
2,506,591,254 (83.85) |
995,248 |
|
15. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment |
2,326,633,121 |
93.05 |
173,780,257 |
6.95 |
2,500,413,378 (83.64) |
7,173,124 |
|
16. To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares |
2,488,128,029 |
99.24 |
19,017,274 |
0.76 |
2,507,145,303 (83.87) |
441,199 |
|
17. To authorise the Company to call any general meeting, other than the Annual General Meeting, by not less than 14 clear days' notice |
2,380,425,249 |
94.93 |
127,129,789 |
5.07 |
2,507,555,038 (83.88) |
31,464 |
|
18. To amend the Articles of Association with the addition of article 91 |
2,504,773,882 |
99.98 |
417,429 |
0.02 |
2,505,191,311 (83.80) |
2,395,191 |
Resolutions 1-13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14-18 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 3 July 2024 was 2,989,454,390 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 2,989,454,390.
Copies of resolutions 14-18, 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
- Ends -
For more information, please contact:
|
Assura plc |
Tel: 0161 515 2043 |
|
Orla Ball, General Counsel David Purcell, Investor Relations Director
|
Email: Investor@assura.co.uk |
|
FGS Global Gordon Simpson |
Tel: 0207 251 3801 Email: Assura@fgsglobal.com |
Notes to Editors
Assura plc is the UK's leading specialist healthcare property investor and developer. 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. As at 31 March 2024, Assura's portfolio was valued at £2.7 billion and has a strong track record of growing financial returns and dividends for shareholders.
At Assura, we BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G).
Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com
*EPRA is a registered trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association.
Assura plc LEI code: 21380026T19N2Y52XF72
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