Capital & Regional plc Results of Scrip dividend election (7404E)

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RNS Number : 7404E

Capital & Regional plc

10 May 2017

10 May 2017

Capital & Regional plc

("Capital & Regional" or the "Company" or "Group")

Results of Scrip dividend election

Capital & Regional is pleased to announce that a total of 6,135,235 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("scrip dividend shares") are to be issued pursuant to the election offered to shareholders to receive the final dividend for the year ended 30 December 2016 by way of the issue of new ordinary shares. This represents approximately 0.9 per cent of the current issued share capital of the Company. The scrip dividend shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares.

An application will be made for the scrip dividend shares to be admitted to the Premium Segment of the Official List of the United Kingdom Listing Authority, to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities, and to be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("admission"). It is expected that admission will occur on 16 May 2017.

Following the issue of the scrip dividend shares, the total number of shares in issue and voting rights in Capital & Regional will be 708,477,735 with effect from 16 May 2017. This may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Capital & Regional under the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Share certificates will be posted to certificated shareholders who elected to receive scrip dividend shares on 15 May 2017. The CREST, CSDP or broker accounts of dematerialised shareholders who elected to receive scrip dividend shares will be credited with scrip dividend shares on 16 May 2017.

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For further information:

 
 Capital & Regional:               Tel: [phone] 
 Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chief 
  Executive 
 Charles Staveley, Group Finance 
  Director 
 
 FTI Consulting:                   Tel: [phone] 
 Richard Sunderland 
  Claire Turvey 
  [e-mail] 
 

Notes to editors:

About Capital & Regional plc

Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist retail REIT with a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a c. GBP1 billion portfolio of in-town dominant community shopping centres. Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Capital & Regional owns seven shopping centres in Blackburn, Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch. Capital & Regional manages these assets, which comprise over 900 lettable units and attract c. 1.7 million shopping visits each week, through its in-house expert property and asset management platform.

For further information see www.capreg.com.

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