Result of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 4284L

Civitas Social Housing PLC

05 September 2019

 

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 5 September 2019 all resolutions were passed on a show of hands, including the following resolutions:

Resolution 11 (ordinary resolution): To approve an amendment to the Company's published investment policy and investment restrictions by replacing references to "England and Wales" with "the United Kingdom".

Resolution 12 (ordinary resolution): To approve an amendment to Article 94 of the Company's Articles of Association by deleting the figure "£200,000" and replacing with the figure "£250,000".

Resolution 13 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.

Resolution 14 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights.

Resolution 15 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own Ordinary shares.

Resolution 16 (special resolution): To hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice.

The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes at Chairman's Discretion	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	320,127,763	0	0	367,965
Resolution 2	320,461,685	34,043	0	0
Resolution 3	320,461,685	34,043	0	0
Resolution 4	314,721,675	340,694	0	5,433,359
Resolution 5	314,739,718	322,651	0	5,433,359
Resolution 6	314,216,621	845,748	0	5,433,359
Resolution 7	314,739,718	322,651	0	5,433,359
Resolution 8	315,044,326	18,043	0	5,433,359
Resolution 9	315,062,369	0	0	5,433,359
Resolution 10	315,053,289	0	0	5,442,439
Resolution 11	320,495,728	0	0	0
Resolution 12	312,458,172	8,037,556	0	0
Resolution 13	304,176,886	8,209	0	16,310,633
Resolution 14	287,735,755	16,449,339	0	16,310,633
Resolution 15	314,821,477	138,996	0	5,535,255
Resolution 16	307,881,385	7,180,984	0	5,433,359

A copy of the full text of Resolutions 11 to 16 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

LEI: 213800PGBG84J8GM6F95

For further information, please contact:

Civitas Housing Advisors Limited

Paul Bridge	Tel: [phone]
Andrew Dawber	Tel: [phone]

Cenkos Securities PLC

Sapna Shah	Tel: [phone]
Tom Scrivens	Tel: [phone]

Buchanan

Helen Tarbet / Henry Harrison-Topsham	Tel: [phone]
Henry Wilson / Hannah Ratcliff	[e-mail]

Notes:

Civitas Social Housing PLC is the first Real Estate Investment Trust offering pure play exposure to social housing in England and Wales. The Company is advised by Civitas Housing Advisors Limited, who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under Firms Reference Number 815699. The Company is listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and was admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange in November 2016.

 

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