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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% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 2. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report                          186,238,658      99.95%        88,453         0.05%       330,525          66.93% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 3. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Policy                          186,238,658      99.95%        96,677         0.05%       322,301          66.93% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 4. To approve the 
  Dividend Policy                 186,460,647      99.98%        37,000         0.02%       159,989          67.00% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 5. To re-elect Graeme 
  Proudfoot as a Director         137,523,209      78.18%      38,390,235      21.82%      10,744,192        49.42% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 6. To re-elect Oliver 
  Grundy as a Director            164,663,480      93.60%      11,249,965       6.40%      10,744,191        59.18% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 7. To re-elect Mark 
  Katzenellenbogen 
  as a Director                   157,951,449      89.81%      17,922,781      10.19%      10,783,406        56.76% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 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% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 
 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% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 10. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  allot ordinary shares           143,132,602      76.78%      43,285,821      23.22%       239,213          51.43% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 11. To dis-apply 
  pre-emption rights.*            142,854,748      76.61%      43,605,713      23.39%       197,175          51.44% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 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% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 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% 
                               -----------------  -------  -----------------  --------  ---------------  ------------ 
 

*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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