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16 January 2009
Assura Group Limited
("Assura" or the "Company") (LSE: AGR)
Announcement to the London Stock Exchange
The Company announces the following changes to the interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) in the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each (Shares). This notification is made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a).
On 15 January 2009, the Company granted conditional awards over Shares to those executive directors and PDMRs listed below (Awards) under the terms of the Assura Group Limited Executive Equity Incentive Plan (Plan). Details of the Plan, including the vesting hurdles (performance conditions) that apply to Awards, were set out in Part 10 of the Assura Group Limited Prospectus which was posted to shareholders on 28 October 2008.
| Name | Role | Number of Shares currently held | Total number of existing Awards held | Number of new Awards | Total number of awards/option now held |
| Tim Davies | Operations Director | Nil | 350,000 | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Conor Daly | Group Legal Director and Company Secretary | 77,567 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Bart Johnson | Business Development Director | Nil | 350,000 | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Andrew Murray | Commercial Director | 10,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Vivienne McVey | Medical Director | Nil | 350,000 | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Nigel Rawlings | Chief Financial Officer | 1,512,139 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 1,000000 |
| Richard Burrell | Chief Executive Officer | 12,842,110 | Nil | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 |
No consideration is payable on the grant or vesting of the Awards.
Ends
Enquiries etc:
| Conor Daly (Company Secretary) / Louise Bathersby | 020 7107 3800 |
| Ben Atwell / Emma Thompson: Financial Dynamics | 020 7831 3113 |