Civitas Social Housing PLC AGM Statement (4634F)

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RNS Number : 4634F

Civitas Social Housing PLC

17 May 2017

17 May 2017

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

("Civitas" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Civitas Social Housing PLC, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

Resolutions 1 to 7 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 to 11 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions. The proxy votes received prior to the meeting were as follows:

 
                  Resolution                       Votes        %       Votes      %        Total          Votes 
                                                    For*               Against               votes       Withheld** 
                                                                                            cast as 
                                                                                          % of issued 
                                                                                             share 
                                                                                            capital 
---------------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To elect Michael Wrobel as a Director 
 1     of the Company                           120,944,091    100        0        0        34.56         12,400 
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      To elect Alastair Moss as a Director 
 2     of the Company                           117,519,091   97.17   3,425,000   2.83      34.56         12,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To elect Peter Baxter as a Director 
 3     of the Company                           120,944,091    100        0        0        34.56         12,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To elect Caroline Gulliver as a 
 4     Director of the Company                  120,944,091    100        0        0        34.56         12,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 5     LLP as Auditors of the Company           120,920,391   99.98    23,700     0.02      34.56         12,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee 
       to determine the remuneration of 
 6     the Auditors                             120,946,991   99.99     9,500     0.01      34.56            0 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To authorise the Directors to allot 
 7     shares                                   120,954,660   99.99     1,831     0.01      34.56            0 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      Disapplication of pre-emption rights 
 8     (general authority)                      119,025,060   99.98    19,031     0.02      34.01        1,912,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      Disapplication of pre-emption rights 
 9     (additional authority)                   119,025,060   99.98    19,031     0.02      34.01        1,912,400 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      Authority to purchase the Company's 
 10    own shares                               120,944,091   99.99    12,400     0.01      34.56            0 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
      To allow the Company to hold general 
       meetings (other than annual general 
       meetings) on not less than 14 clear 
 11    days' notice                             119,916,162   99.14   1,040,329   0.86      34.56            0 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  -------------  ------------ 
 

* 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.

Every shareholder has one vote for every Ordinary Share held. As at 17 May 2017, the share capital of the Company consisted of 350,000,000 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

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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