13th Oct 2017 17:41
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: +44 (0) 20 3709 4622
Andrew Dawber Tel:+44 (0) 20 3709 4626
Cenkos Securities PLC (Sponsor, Financial Adviser and Sole Bookrunner)
Sapna Shah Tel:+44 (0) 20 7397 1922
Tom Scrivens Tel:+44 (0) 20 7397 1915
G10 Capital Limited (part of the Lawson Conner Group) (AIFM)
Gerhard Grueter Tel:+44 (0) 20 3696 1302
Karen Foster Tel:+44 (0) 20 3696 1302
Pagefield Communications Limited (PR Adviser)
Philip Dennis Tel:+44 (0) 7947 868206
David Leslie Tel:+44 (0) 7584 070274
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.
Related Shares:
CSH.L