Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2725O

Civitas Social Housing PLC

07 October 2021

 

7 October 2021

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

Share Buyback

Civitas Social Housing PLC (the "Company"), announces that on 6 October 2021, it bought into treasury 150,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 87.8p per Ordinary Share. 

The last published IFRS NAV of the Company was 108.42p as at 30 June 2021.

Total Voting Rights

Following the transaction, the Company's issued share capital is 622,461,380 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 2,750,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 619,711,380 Ordinary Shares. 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

Andrew Dawber                                   Tel: [phone]

Paul Bridge                                       Tel: [phone]

Panmure Gordon

Sapna Shah                                           Tel: [phone]

Tom Scrivens                                                   Tel: [phone]

Liberum Capital    Tel: [phone]

Chris Clarke

Darren Vickers

Owen Matthews  

Buchanan

Helen Tarbet / Henry Wilson   Tel: [phone]

Hannah Ratcliff / George Beale    [e-mail]

Notes:

Civitas Social Housing PLC ("CSH") 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 at £915.6 million (31 March 2021). CSH now provides homes for 4,391 working age adults with long-term care needs, in 648 bespoke properties that are supported by 119 specialist care providers, 16 approved providers and working with over 178 individual local authorities.

 

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