Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 5681Y

Civitas Social Housing PLC

13 May 2021

 

13 May 2021

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

ISSUE OF SHARES FROM TREASURY

The Board of Civitas Social Housing PLC (the "Company"), the leading care-based social housing REIT,  is pleased to announce that on 13 May 2021, it has sold from treasury 265,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each for cash at a price of 115.8 pence per share and at a premium to the prevailing net asset value.

Following this transaction, there are now no ordinary shares held in treasury and the Company's issued share capital is 622,461,380 ordinary shares. Accordingly, the total voting rights in the Company are 622,461,380. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the purposes of calculating whether or not they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Civitas Investment Management Limited

Paul Bridge                                                        Tel: [phone]

Andrew Dawber  Tel: [phone]

Panmure Gordon

Sapna Shah                                                        Tel: [phone]

Tom Scrivens  Tel: [phone]

Liberum Capital Limited

Gillian Martin/Chris Clarke                             Tel: [phone]

Buchanan

Helen Tarbet / Henry Wilson                         Tel: [phone]

Hannah Ratcliff / George Beale                      [e-mail]  

Notes:

Civitas Social Housing PLC ("Civitas") was created in 2016 by Civitas Investment Management Limited as the first dedicated London listed REIT, to raise long-term, sustainable, institutional capital to invest in care-based social homes across the UK. So far, Civitas has completed more than 120 individual transactions to build the largest portfolio of its kind that has been independently valued on an IFRS basis at   £915.6million   (31 March 2021). Civitas now provides homes for 4,346 working age adults with long-term care needs, in 634 bespoke properties that are supported by 119 specialist care providers, 16 approved providers and working with over 172 individual local authorities.

LEI: 213800PGBG84J8GM6F95

 

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