Assura PLC

AGM Information • Jul 21, 2015

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Assura PLC

21 July 2015

21 July 2015

Assura plc ("Company")

Result of AGM

Assura plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today at Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 12 June 2015) 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 report and accounts	752,642,959	99.53	3,589,558	0.47	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
2. To approve the  remuneration report	746,691,664	99.45	4,131,501	0.55	750,823,165 (74.57%)	5,409,352
3. To re-appoint the  Auditors	752,216,459	99.47	4,016,058	0.53	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
4. To set Auditors' remuneration	747,785,612	98.88	8,446,905	1.12	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
5. To re-appoint S Laffin	756,231,267	100.00	-	-	756,231,267 (75.10%)	1,250
6. To re-appoint G Roberts	745,639,604	98.60	10,591,663	1.40	756,231,267 (75.10%)	1,250
7. To re-appoint J Murphy	754,357,431	99.75	1,875,086	0.25	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
8. To re-appoint J Greenwood	756,231,094	99.99	1,423	0.01	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
9. To re-appoint D Richardson	752,641,709	99.98	154,998	0.02	752,796,707 (74.76%)	3,435,810
10. To authorise Directors to introduce scrip dividend scheme	756,190,020	99.99	42,497	0.01	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	752,400,781	99.49	3,821,736	0.51	756,222,517 (75.10%)	10,000
12. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	750,373,396	99.23	5,857,711	0.77	756,231,107 (75.10%)	1,410
13. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment	748,175,760	98.93	8,055,347	1.07	756,231,107 (75.10%)	1,410
14. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of own shares	756,197,017	99.99	35,500	0.01	756,232,517 (75.11%)	-
15. To approve the calling of any GM other than AGM by not less than 14 clear days' notice	744,449,272	98.89	8,319,218	1.11	752,768,490 (74.76%)	3,464,027

Resolutions 1-11 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 12-15 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 17 July 2015 was 1,006,900,141, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 1,006,900,141.

Copies of resolutions 10-15, 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 

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Enquiries:

Assura plc Carolyn Jones Orla Ball	Tel: 01925 420660
Finsbury Gordon Simpson	Tel: 0207 251 3801

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