31 Aug 2017 11:32
31 August 2017
Victoria PLC
('Victoria' or the 'Company')
Result of AGM
The Board of Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floor coverings, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held this morning all the Resolutions were duly passed.
Ends
Victoria PLC Geoff Wilding, Chairman Philippe Hamers, Chief Executive Michael Scott, Group Finance Director
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Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Rick Thompson, Phil Davies (Corporate Finance) Mark Westcott, Caspar Shand-Kydd (Sales)
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Finncap (joint broker) Matt Goode, Carl Holmes (Corporate Finance) Tim Redfern (Corporate Broking)
Berenberg (joint broker) Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore, Amritha Murali (Corporate Broking)
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Buchanan Communications Charles Ryland, Victoria Hayns, Madeline Seacombe | +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
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About Victoria PLC
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 Group, which is headquartered in Kidderminster, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, underlay, artificial grass and flooring accessories. In addition, it markets and distributes a range of complementary LVT (luxury vinyl tile) and hardwood flooring products produced by third-party manufacturers. Victoria has operations in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia and employs approximately 1,800 people across 20 sites. Victoria is the UK's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia.
The Group's strategy is designed to create wealth for its shareholders, focussed on constantly increasing earnings per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth. Growth for the Group is fundamentally driven by three aims:
· achieving a leading position in UK, Europe and Australia;
· continuing to seek and deliver cross-business synergies to drive like-for-like margin improvement; and by
· consolidating a fragmented market place with earning-enhancing acquisitions.
The Group's trading subsidiaries, as set out segmentally, include:
UK & Europe: | A & A Carpets Ltd, Abingdon Flooring Ltd, Alliance Distribution Ltd, Avalon Grass B.V, Distinctive Flooring Ltd, Ezi Floor Ltd, Grass Inc. B.V, Interfloor Ltd, Victoria Belgium N.V, Victoria Carpets Ltd, View Logistics Ltd, Westex (Carpets) Ltd
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Australia:
| Quest Flooring Pty Ltd, Primary Flooring Pty Ltd, The Victoria Carpet Co. Pty Ltd
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Victoria (VCP)