Directorate Change and Notice of AGM

VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC

31 May 2023

 

31 May 2023

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC

(the "Company")

BOARD CHANGES AND NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Board Changes

Elizabeth Passey and Clive Peggram have both served on the Board since the launch of the Company and are thus in their ninth year as directors.  In line with best practice in corporate governance relating to tenure they have advised the Company of their intention not to stand for re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on Friday, 23 June 2023.

Graeme Proudfoot, Chairman

'I, and my fellow directors, have found Elizabeth and Clive's wise counsel and experience of the Company hugely valuable and we thank them deeply on our own and on the Company's behalf for their contributions.'  

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and Annual Report & Accounts

The Company announces that it will shortly publish its Notice of Meeting for the 2023 AGM. In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, such document will be submitted to the national storage mechanism and will be made available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Printed copies of this document will be sent to shareholders on 31 May 2023 and a copy is also available to view on the Company's website at http://vpcspecialtylending.com. The AGM will be held at the offices of Stephenson Harwood LLP, 1 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7SH at 2 p.m. on 23 June 2023. Shareholders wishing to attend in person should register their interest in attending by emailing the Company Secretary at [e-mail].

The Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 was published on 28 April 2023 and is available on the Company's website.

Enquiries

For further information, please contact:

Victory Park Capital Gordon Watson Sora Monachino	via Jefferies or Winterflood (below) [e-mail]
Jefferies International Limited	Tel: [phone]
Stuart Klein Gaudi le Roux
Winterflood Securities Limited	Tel: [phone]
Joe Winkley
Neil Morgan
Montfort Communications	[phone] /[phone]
Matthew Jervois/ Gay Collins	[e-mail]
Link Company Matters Limited (Company Secretary)	Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

About VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC (Company No. 9385218) is a UK listed investment trust focused on asset-backed lending to emerging and established businesses with the goal of building long-term, sustainable income generation. The Company identifies investment opportunities across various industries and geographies to offer shareholders access to a diversified portfolio of opportunistic credit investments originated by non-bank lenders with a focus on the rapidly developing technology-enabled lending sector.

Further information on VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC is available at: http://vpcspecialtylending.com.

LEI: 549300UPEXC5DQB81P34

 

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