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RNS Number : 7009O  VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC  13 June 2022

VPC Specialty Lending Investments plc

(the "Company")

 

13 June 2022

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

 

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today all the
resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the
requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way
of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                     For               For      Against           Against  Votes Withheld    Total issued. share capital instructed (%)

                                                                                (No. of shares)   (%)      (No. of shares)   (%)      (No. of shares)
 1.   To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                 190,091,168       100.00%  0                 0.00%    0                 68.31%
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                             190,042,853       99.98%   38,734            0.02%    9,581             68.31%
 3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                             190,048,085       99.98%   33,502            0.02%    9,581             68.31%
 4.   To approve the Dividend Policy                                            190,091,168       100.00%  0                 0.00%    0                 68.31%
 5.   To re-elect Graeme Proudfoot as a Director                                190,076,638       100.00%  1,000             0.00%    13,530            68.31%
 6.   To re-elect Oliver Grundy as a Director                                   190,076,638       100.00%  1,000             0.00%    13,530            68.31%
 7.   To re-elect Mark Katzenellenbogen as a Director                           184,504,457       97.07%   5,573,181         2.93%    13,530            68.31%
 8.   To re-elect Elizabeth Passey as a Director                                190,068,414       100.00%  9,224             0.00%    13,530            68.31%
 9.   To re-elect Clive Peggram as a Director                                   190,076,638       100.00%  1,000             0.00%    13,530            68.31%
 10.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company       182,024,494       95.76%   8,066,674         4.24%    0                 68.31%
 11.  To authorise the Audit and Valuation Committee to determine the           190,081,944       100.00%  9,224             0.00%    0                 68.31%
 auditors' remuneration
 12.  To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares                       190,070,933       99.99%   9,011             0.01%    8,224             68.31%
 13.  To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*                                         187,870,054       98.84%   2,209,890         1.16%    8,224             68.31%
 14.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary     190,045,663       99.98%   37,281            0.02%    8,224             68.31%
 shares.*
 15.  To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14   189,942,050       99.92%   148,118           0.08%    1,000             68.31%
 clear days' notice.*

*Special Resolution

 

 

 NOTES:

 1.      All resolutions were passed.
 2.      Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been
         included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
 3.      Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of
         votes validly cast for that resolution.
 4.      A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
         of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the
         calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for
         any resolution.
 5.      The number of shares in issue at close of business on 12 June 2022 was
         278,276,392 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company held
         104,339,273 shares in treasury.
 6.      The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution
         is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes
         "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Share
         Capital.
 7.      The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice
         of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at
         www.vpcspecialtylending.com.
 8.      A copy of resolutions 12-15 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the
         National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
         https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
         (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)
 9.      The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website
         at www.vpcspecialtylending.com (http://www.vpcspecialtylending.com)

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