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Sovereign Housing Capital Plc

08 September 2023

Sovereign Housing Association and Network Homes merger approved

The boards of Sovereign Housing Association Limited and Network Homes Limited have approved proposals to merge and create a new 82,000 home social landlord.

The new organisation will trade as Sovereign Network Group (SNG) and the date for formal completion is 1 October 2023, subject to lender consents.

Discussions about a potential merger were first announced in March this year.

SNG will have an annual income of over GBP800m in 2024-25 and will invest GBP8.5bn in existing and new stock over the next ten years, building 25,000 new homes - almost 4,000 more than in current plans, as well as regenerating estates and improving the quality of existing homes. It will also establish a new Community Foundation to invest GBP100m in communities over a ten-year period.

Sovereign Housing Association Limited is a charitable Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, registered with the Financial Conduct Authority no. 7448 and with the Regulator of Social Housing no. 4837.

Network Homes Limited is a charitable Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, registered with the Financial Conduct Authority no. 7326 and with the Regulator of Social Housing no. 4825.

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For more information, please contact:

Graeme Gilbert, Treasury Director, Sovereign Housing Association 07392130856 Graeme.Gilbert@Sovereign.org.uk

James Mclarin, Head of External Affairs, Sovereign Housing Association

07776616024 James.Mclarin@sovereign.org.uk

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