15 December 2021

Primary Health Properties PLC
(the "Company" or "PHP")

Board changes

Primary Health Properties PLC, one of the UK's leading investors in modern primary healthcare facilities, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ivonne Cantu as an independent Non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2022.  

Ivonne has significant public company experience having spent over 20 years advising listed businesses. She is currently the Director of Investor Relations, Communications and Sustainability as well as a Member of the Executive Management Team and the Sustainability Committee of Benchmark Holdings Limited, a biotechnology aquaculture company. She is also a Non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Creo Medical Group plc.

Prior to taking up her position at Benchmark Holdings Limited, Ivonne spent 13 years as a senior corporate finance adviser at Cenkos Securities plc, and prior to that 7 years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. She has a degree in engineering from the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Company also announces that Peter Cole, Non-executive director, and Chair of the Remuneration Committee, will not stand for re-election at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") scheduled for April 2022 and will accordingly retire from the Board at that time. It is intended that Ivonne Cantu will take over as Chair of the Remuneration Committee following the AGM.

There are no other details to disclose under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect of the appointment of Ivonne Cantu. 

Steven Owen, Chairman, commented:

"On behalf of the Board, I am delighted that Ivonne is joining the Group as a Non-executive director.  She brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance together with sustainability, stakeholder and governance matters, from which the Company will benefit as it continues to develop its ESG initiatives.

"I would like to thank Peter Cole for his commitment to the Board which has benefited from his significant experience in corporate, development and investment activities. The Board is also grateful for his role in chairing the Remuneration Committee, particularly during the process of internalising the management in 2020 and the transition period in 2021."

More information on Primary Health Properties PLC can be found on www.phpgroup.co.uk

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