Result of AGM

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 (No. of shares)	For (%)	Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Votes Withheld (No. of shares)	Total issued. share capital instructed (%)
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 auditors' remuneration	190,081,944	100.00%	9,224	0.00%	0	68.31%
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 shares.*	190,045,663	99.98%	37,281	0.02%	8,224	68.31%
15.  To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	189,942,050	99.92%	148,118	0.08%	1,000	68.31%

*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
9.	The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.vpcspecialtylending.com

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