CSH.L Regulatory News (CSH)

2 November 2021

CIVITAS SOCIAL HOUSING PLC

Share Buyback

Civitas Social Housing PLC (the "Company"), announces that on 1 November 2021, it bought into treasury 500,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 91.4p per Ordinary Share.

The last published IFRS NAV of the Company was 108.42p as at 30 June 2021.

Total Voting Rights

Following the transaction, the Company's issued share capital is 622,461,380 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 5,350,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 617,111,380 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.

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Civitas Social Housing PLC ("CSH") was created in 2016 by Civitas Investment Management Limited as the first dedicated London listed REIT, to raise long-term, sustainable, institutional capital to invest in care-based social homes across the UK. So far, Civitas has completed more than 120 individual transactions to build the largest portfolio of its kind that has been independently valued at £915.6 million (31 March 2021). CSH now provides homes for 4,391 working age adults with long-term care needs, in 648 bespoke properties that are supported by 119 specialist care providers, 17 approved providers and working with over 178 individual local authorities.