Sign In
Last checked at 
25 Jul 2024 14:51
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.
Follow the stocks
