Result of General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that at a General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held earlier today, all of the Resolutions contained in the Notice of the General Meeting dated 8 September 2015 were duly passed by the requisite majority. Each of the Resolutions put to the General Meeting 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. (Ordinary Resolution) To authorise the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £50 million
|
116,019,806 |
89.03 |
14,295,535 |
10.97 |
0 |
65.16 |
2. (Special Resolution) To disapply pre-emption rights
|
112,519,806 |
86.34 |
17,795,535 |
13.66 |
0 |
65.16 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all Resolutions passed as Special Resolutions at the Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
These Resolutions will also available on the Company's website at www.vpcspecialtylending.com
Terms not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Circular containing the Notice of General Meeting dated 8 September 2015.
Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited
Secretary
24 September 2015
END OF ANNOUNCEMENT