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Assura PLC

16 April 2018

16 April 2018

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 18 April 2018 (the "Scrip Dividend Alternative"), elections were received in respect of 9 per cent. of the Company's ordinary shares in issue as at the record date of 16 March 2018.

Electing shareholders will receive ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") in lieu of cash in respect of this dividend and, accordingly 2,355,911 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 UK Listing 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 18 April 2018.

Following the allotment of the New Shares, it is expected that the total number of shares in issue will be 2,385,478,023 (none of which will be held in treasury) and that, accordingly, the total number of voting rights of the Company will be 2,385,478,023.

Copies of the documents relating to the Scrip Dividend Alternative are available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism (http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).

This interim dividend is 100% ordinary dividend (non-PID).

Forms to register for gross PIDs (on future interim dividends) are available on the Company's website. Please click here for PID Forms.

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For more information, please contact:

 
 
    Assura plc    Tel: 01925 420660 
  Orla Ball 
 
 
  Edelman 
  John Kiely      Tel: 0203 047 2546 
Mav Wynn 
Rob Yates

Notes to Editors

Assura plc, a constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA* indices, is a UK REIT and long-term investor in and developer of primary care property. The company, headquartered in Warrington, works with GPs, health professionals and the NHS to create innovative property solutions in order to facilitate delivery of high quality patient care in the community. At 30 September 2017, Assura's property portfolio was valued at GBP1.56 billion.

Further information is available at www.assuraplc.com

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

This information is provided by RNS

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