Admission to the Official List

RNS Number : 0293R

VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC

04 March 2016

 

4 March 2016

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC

(the "Company")

ADMISSION TO THE OFFICIAL LIST AND TO TRADING ON THE MAIN MARKET OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Further to the announcements on 29 January and 1 March 2016, the Company's C shares were delisted and cancelled with effect from 5.30pm on 3 March 2016 and applications have been made for 182,615,665 new ordinary shares, arising from the conversion of the Company's C shares, to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities from 8.00am on 4 March 2016. Such shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares save in respect of the dividend declared on the ordinary shares on 29 January 2016 for which the record date was 12 February 2016.

In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, and subject to the above applications being successful, as at 4 March 2016, the Company's issued share capital consists of 382,615,665 ordinary shares of £0.01 each with voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 382,615,665. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Victory Park Capital Brendan Carroll (Partner and Co-Founder) Gordon Watson (Principal, Investment Manager)	via Newgate (below)
Jefferies International Limited	Tel: [phone]
Gary Gould
Alex Collins
Newgate (PR Adviser)	Tel: [phone]
James Benjamin Alex Shilov Lydia Thompson	Email: [e-mail]

ABOUT:

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC invests in opportunities within the specialty lending market primarily through online lending platforms. The Company intends to generate an attractive total return for shareholders consisting of distributable income and capital growth via investments in a diverse portfolio of various platforms, asset classes, geographies (primarily U.S., U.K., Australia and Europe) and credit bands.

Since 2010, the Company's investment manager, Victory Park Capital, has been actively involved in the specialty lending marketplace and has made more than $4.1 billion of investments and commitments across a number of financial technology platforms, multiple geographies (U.S., U.K., Australia and Europe), products (consumer and business) and structures (whole loans and senior credit facilities).

Further information on VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC is available at www.vpcspecialtylending.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire or subscribe for, Shares in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration, qualification, publication or approval requirements on the Company. The Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the securities laws, or with any securities regulatory authority of, any member state of the EEA other than the United Kingdom, or any province or territory of Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Shares may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, sold, taken up or delivered in, into or from any member state of the EEA other than the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa or Japan or to or for the account or benefit of any national, resident or citizen or any person resident in any member state of the EEA other than the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa or Japan. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration, publication or approval requirements on the Company. The distribution of this document in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves of and observe any restrictions.

 

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