RNS Number : 8963X
Victoria PLC
25 July 2024
 

Victoria PLC

('Victoria' or the 'Company', or the 'Group')

 

Result of AGM

 

Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative flooring, announces that at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed by the requisite majority.

 

The voting results for each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolution 

(* indicates special resolution)

Votes

For

%

Votes

Against

%

Resolution 1 - Adoption of Accounts

 

88,894,200

100.00

1,911

0.00

Resolution 2 - Re-election of Geoffrey Wilding

 

87,656,419

98.61

1,239,692

1.39

Resolution 3 - Re-election of Gavin Petken

 

72,310,748

81.37

16,585,364

18.63

Resolution 4 - Re-election of Blake Ressel

 

87,542,400

98.48

1,353,711

1.52

Resolution 5 - Re-appointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor

 

88,893,767

100.00

2,344

0.00

Resolution 6 - Granting the Directors authority to allot shares

 

86,324,807

97.12

2,561,437

2.88

Resolution 7* - Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights

 

80,703,225

90.79

8,183,018

9.21

Resolution 8* - Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights (limited to allotments or sales)

 

81,624,480

93.37

5,794,884

6.63

Resolution 9* - Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

 

88,881,473

99.99

4,770

0.01

 

 

The results of the AGM will also be available from today on the Company's website at www.victoriaplc.com.

 

 

For more information contact:

 

Victoria PLC

Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive

Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer

 

www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome

Via Walbrook PR

Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, James Fischer

 

+44 (0)20 7496 3095 

 

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Ben Wright, Richard Bootle

 

+44 (0)20 3207 7800

 

 

 

Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Relations)

Paul McManus, Louis Ashe-Jepson

 

+44 (0)20 7933 8780 or victoria@walbrookpr.com

+44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7747 515 393

 

 

About Victoria PLC (www.victoriaplc.com)

 

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories.

 

Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 6,300 people across more than 30 sites. Victoria is Europe's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

 

The Company's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings and cash flow per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.

 

 

 

 

 

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