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17 May 2017 16:26
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 For* | % | Votes Against | % | Total votes cast as % of issued share capital | Votes Withheld**
| |
1 | To elect Michael Wrobel as a Director of the Company | 120,944,091
| 100 | 0 | 0 | 34.56 | 12,400 |
2 | To elect Alastair Moss as a Director of the Company | 117,519,091 | 97.17 | 3,425,000 | 2.83 | 34.56 | 12,400 |
3 | To elect Peter Baxter as a Director of the Company | 120,944,091 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 34.56 | 12,400 |
4 | To elect Caroline Gulliver as a Director of the Company | 120,944,091 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 34.56 | 12,400 |
5 | To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company | 120,920,391 | 99.98 | 23,700 | 0.02 | 34.56 | 12,400 |
6 | To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditors | 120,946,991 | 99.99 | 9,500 | 0.01 | 34.56 | 0 |
7 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 120,954,660 | 99.99 | 1,831 | 0.01 | 34.56 | 0 |
8 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general authority) | 119,025,060 | 99.98 | 19,031 | 0.02 | 34.01 | 1,912,400 |
9 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (additional authority) | 119,025,060 | 99.98 | 19,031 | 0.02 | 34.01 | 1,912,400 |
10 | Authority to purchase the Company's own shares | 120,944,091 | 99.99 | 12,400 | 0.01 | 34.56 | 0 |
11 | To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear 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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