Civitas Social Housing PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5869W)

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RNS Number : 5869W

Civitas Social Housing PLC

12 December 2019

12 December 2019

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

("Civitas" or the "Company")

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

On 11 December 2019, Civitas Social Housing PLC ("Civitas" or the "Company"), the leading supported living and social housing REIT, bought into treasury 100,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 87.67p per Ordinary Share.

Total Voting Rights

Following the transaction, the Company's issued share capital is 622,461,380 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 815,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 621,646,380 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 Housing Advisors Limited

   Paul Bridge                           Tel: [phone] 
   Andrew Dawber   Tel: [phone] 

Cenkos Securities PLC

   Rob Naylor                           Tel: [phone] 
   Andrew Worne                    Tel: [phone] 

Liberum Capital Limited

 
 Steve Pearce     Tel: [phone] 
 Gillian Martin 
 

Buchanan

   Helen Tarbet / Henry Harrison-Topham         Tel: [phone] 
   Henry Wilson / Hannah Ratcliff                       [e-mail] 

Notes:

Civitas Social Housing PLC is the first Real Estate Investment Trust offering pure play exposure to social housing across the UK. The Company is advised by Civitas Housing Advisors Limited, who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under Firms Reference Number 815699. 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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