VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC Result of AGM (7954D)
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RNS Number : 7954D
VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC
23 June 2023
VPC Specialty Lending Investments plc
(the "Company")
23 June 2023
Annual General Meeting Results
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held today all of resolutions 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
(No. of shares) (%) (No. of shares) (%) (No. of issued.
shares) share
capital
instructed
(%)
1. To receive the
Annual Report and
Accounts 186,460,647 99.98% 37,000 0.02% 159,989 67.01%
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2. To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Report 186,238,658 99.95% 88,453 0.05% 330,525 66.93%
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3. To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Policy 186,238,658 99.95% 96,677 0.05% 322,301 66.93%
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4. To approve the
Dividend Policy 186,460,647 99.98% 37,000 0.02% 159,989 67.00%
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5. To re-elect Graeme
Proudfoot as a Director 137,523,209 78.18% 38,390,235 21.82% 10,744,192 49.42%
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6. To re-elect Oliver
Grundy as a Director 164,663,480 93.60% 11,249,965 6.40% 10,744,191 59.18%
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7. To re-elect Mark
Katzenellenbogen
as a Director 157,951,449 89.81% 17,922,781 10.19% 10,783,406 56.76%
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8. To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors
of the Company 178,325,191 95.65% 8,105,422 4.35% 227,023 64.08%
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9. To authorise
the Audit and Valuation
Committee to determine
the auditors' remuneration 186,381,389 99.98% 45,224 0.02% 231,023 66.98%
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10. To authorise
the Directors to
allot ordinary shares 143,132,602 76.78% 43,285,821 23.22% 239,213 51.43%
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11. To dis-apply
pre-emption rights.* 142,854,748 76.61% 43,605,713 23.39% 197,175 51.44%
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12. To authorise
the Company to make
market purchases
of its own ordinary
shares.* 157,924,428 84.68% 28,576,742 15.32% 156,466 56.75%
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13. To authorise
the Directors to
hold general meetings
on not less than
14 clear days' notice.* 175,969,733 94.38% 10,476,438 5.62% 211,465 63.24%
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*Special Resolution
The Board will engage with those shareholders that voted against
Resolutions 5, 10 and 11 in order to understand their concerns .
The Board will update shareholders on the outcome of these
discussions.
Finally, the Board wishes to remind shareholders that in
accordance with the announcement released on 31 May 2023, Ms
Elizabeth Passey and Mr Clive Peggram did not seek re-election at
the AGM. Following those changes to the composition of the Board,
Mr Mark Katzenellenbogen will assume the role of the Chair of the
Disclosure Committee and Mr Oliver Grundy will take on the role of
Chair of the Management Engagement Committee with effect from
today.
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 percentag today today today e 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
23 June 2023 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 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
9. The complete poll results will be available shortly
on the Company's website at www.vpcspecialtylending.com
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