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
|
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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.