CHESNARA plc

("Chesnara" or "the Company")

19 April 2021

LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

RELEASE OF ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS AND NOTICE OF AGM

Chesnara plc today announces that its 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held at the offices of Chesnara plc, West Strand Business Park, West Strand Road, Preston, PR1 8UY on Tuesday 18 May at 11:00am.  In connection with this, the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts, including the Notice of Annual General Meeting, are being posted and/or made available to shareholders today.

Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, shareholders will not be permitted to attend the AGM in person.  Shareholders are therefore strongly encouraged to vote electronically with instructions for doing so included in the Notice of AGM.  Shareholders may also submit questions in advance of the meeting by email to info@chesnara.co.uk .

Copies of the 2020 Annual Report & Accounts and Notice of AGM may be viewed in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.chesnara.co.uk .

The Company's preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2020 were announced on 30 March 2021.  This announcement contained a management report, a condensed set of financial statements prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and responsibility statements in compliance with DTR6.3.5R.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the 2020 Annual Report & Accounts and the Notice of AGM have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information, please contact:

Roddy Watt

Director, Capital Markets

FWD

Forward thinking communications

T   -    020 7280 0651  

E   -    roddy.watt@fwdconsulting.co.uk 

Notes to Editors

Chesnara is a life and pensions company listed on the London Stock Exchange.  It administers over one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured in the UK, as The Waard Group and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden.

Following a three pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by writing profitable new business in Sweden and the Netherlands and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or portfolios.

Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara to increase its dividend for 16 years in succession.

Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).