Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 6186T

Civitas Social Housing PLC

13 October 2017

 

13 October 2017                                                                                                                               

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC
("Civitas" or the "Company")

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Result of General Meeting

Following the holding of the General Meeting earlier today, the Directors of Civitas Social Housing PLC are pleased to announce that all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

Resolution 1 was proposed as an ordinary resolution and resolutions 2 and 3 were proposed as special resolutions. The proxy votes received prior to the meeting were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes cast as % of issued share capital	Votes Withheld**
1	Authorise the Directors to allot C Shares pursuant to the Issue	126,983,077	97.83	2,819,062	2.17	37.09	404,298
2	Authorise the Directors to dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights	126,983,077	97.83	2,820,893	2.17	37.09	402,467
3	Authorise the Directors to: (i) make market purchases of C Shares; (ii) cancel the share premium account of the C Share Pool; and (iii) adopt new Articles of Association	129,818,453	99.99	492	0.01	37.09	387,492

* Includes discretionary votes

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

Copies of all the resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.  Details of the proxy votes will be available on the Company's website: www.civitassocialhousing.com

For further information, please contact:

Civitas Housing Advisors Limited (Investment Adviser)

Paul Bridge             Tel: [phone]

Andrew Dawber   Tel:[phone]

Cenkos Securities PLC (Sponsor, Financial Adviser and Sole Bookrunner)

Sapna Shah            Tel:[phone]

Tom Scrivens        Tel:[phone]

G10 Capital Limited (part of the Lawson Conner Group) (AIFM)

Gerhard Grueter  Tel:[phone]

Karen Foster         Tel:[phone]

Pagefield Communications Limited (PR Adviser)

Philip Dennis        Tel:[phone]

David Leslie          Tel:[phone]

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 managed by Civitas Housing Advisors Limited.  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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