12 September
2024
Assura plc
Scrip
Calculation Price
Assura plc ("the Company")
announces, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Company's Scrip Dividend Scheme ("the Scheme"), that the Scrip
Calculation Price in respect of the quarterly
interim dividend proposed to be paid on 9 October 2024,
is 40.78 pence. This is the average closing mid-market price of an
ordinary share in the Company for the five dealing days commencing
with, and including, the ex-dividend date of 5 September
2024.
If you wish to receive this
quarterly interim dividend in cash, you do not need to take any
action.
If you wish to participate in the
Scheme and receive New Shares instead of your cash dividend, you
should complete a Mandate, as follows:
·
If you hold your Ordinary Shares in certificated
form, and if you have not already done so, you should complete the
Mandate Form (which is available to download from Assura's website
www.assuraplc.com) in accordance with the instructions printed
thereon and return it to Link Group at Central Square, 29
Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL by no later than 4.30 p.m.
(London time) on 27 September 2024. The Mandate Form will remain in
force for any future dividends in respect of which a Scrip Dividend
Alternative is offered, until such time as the Mandate Form is
cancelled.
·
If you hold your Ordinary Shares in uncertificated
form via the CREST System, you can only elect to receive dividends
in the form of New Shares by submitting a CREST Dividend Election
Input Message via the CREST System. Evergreen elections will not be
permitted. This means that if you wish to receive New Shares
instead of cash as a matter of routine whenever a Scrip Dividend
Alternative is offered, you must complete and submit a CREST
Dividend Election Input Message on each occasion, otherwise you
will receive the relevant dividend in cash.
If you have any questions about the
Scheme or how it operates, you can contact our Registrar, Link
Group, at the address above or by telephone on 0371 664 0321. Lines
are open between 9.00am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding
public holidays.
Based upon the above Scrip
Calculation Price, if all eligible Shareholders were to elect to
take up their full entitlement to New Shares in respect of this
quarterly interim dividend, approximately 66,669,258 New Shares
would be issued. This would represent approximately 2.1 per cent.
of the Company's issued share capital as at today's date. The total
cash cost of this quarterly interim dividend if no Shareholders
were to elect to take up their entitlement (and therefore no New
Shares were to be issued) would be approximately £27.2
million.
Words and expressions defined in the
circular dated 9 December 2015 in relation to the Scheme bear the
same meanings in this announcement.
This interim dividend will be paid as 100% Property Income
Distribution ("PID"). Forms to register for gross
PIDs are available on the Company's website. Please click here
for
PID Forms.
- Ends
-
For more information, please
contact:
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 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.