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VPC Specialty Lending InvestmentsAnnouncement

12/06/2025 11:00

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RNS Number : 6044M  VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC  12 June 2025

VPC Specialty Lending Investments plc

(the "Company")

 

12 June 2025

 

Annual General Meeting Results

 

The Company is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held on 11 June 2025 all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were
passed by the requisite majority. Each resolution 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                                                               175,676,589                                       99.88%              207,817             0.12%                  139,719               63.20%
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                                               175,403,008                                   99.76%              413,256             0.24%                  207,861               63.18%
 3.   To approve the Dividend Policy                                                                              175,683,145                                   99.88%              212,817             0.12%                  128,163               63.21%
 4.   To re-elect Graeme Proudfoot as a Director                                                                  157,939,986                                   89.82%         17,907,817               10.18%                 176,322               63.19%
 5.   To elect Nicholas Campsie as a Director                                                                     164,300,943                                   99.71%              483,552             0.29%             11,239,630                 59.22%
 6.   To re-elect Oliver Grundy as a Director                                                                     161,284,641                                   91.72%         14,563,162               8.28%                  176,322               63.19%
 7.   To re-elect Mark Katzenellenbogen as a Director                                                             148,811,851                                   84.64%         26,996,738               15.36%                 215,536               63.18%
 8.   To elect Martin Rigby as a Director                                                                         164,307,789                                   99.71%              477,792             0.29%             11,238,544                 59.22%
 9.   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company                                         167,548,193                                   99.80%              342,513             0.20%                                        60.33%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 8,133,419
 10.  To authorise the Audit and Valuation Committee to determine the                                             175,596,423                                   99.84%              287,983             0.16%                                        63.20%
 auditors' remuneration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 139,719
 11.  To authorise the Directors to allot and issue B shares*                                                     165,023,972                                   93.82%         10,871,990               6.18%                                        63.21%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 128,163
 12.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary                                       148,038,944                                   84.17%         27,848,986               15.83%                                       63.21%
 shares*

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 136,195
 13.  To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14   175,597,820                                                                     99.84%              289,301             0.16%                                        63.21%
 clear days' notice*

                                                                                                                                                                                                               137,004

 

*Special Resolution

 NOTES:

 1.       Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been
          included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
 2.       Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of
          votes validly cast for that resolution.
 3.       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.
 4.       The number of shares in issue at close of business on 11 June 2025 was
          278,276,392 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company held
          104,339,273 shares in treasury.
 5.       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.
 6.       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.
 7.       A copy of resolutions 11-13 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)
 8.       The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website
          at www.vpcspecialtylending.com (http://www.vpcspecialtylending.com)

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited
Company Secretary

LEI: 549300UPEXC5DQB81P34

 

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