Results of Annual General Meeting

Vp PLC

23 July 2026

 

Company Number: 00481833                                                                                                                23 July 2026

Vp plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Vp plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, all resolutions set out in the notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite majority of votes by shareholders by way of a poll.

The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in the Company's Notice of AGM published on 22 June 2026, which is available on the Investors section of the Company's website at https://www.vpplc.com/investors/.

The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL SHARES VOTED	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. To receive the Company's financial statements and the reports of the Directors together with the Auditor's Report for the year ended 31 March 2026	31,400,668	99.96%	13,340	0.04%	31,414,008	78.23%	5,122
2. To declare a final dividend of 28.0 pence per ordinary share	31,407,522	99.97%	10,495	0.03%	31,418,017	78.24%	1,113
3. To elect Alice Woodwark as a Director	31,403,533	99.95%	14,322	0.05%	31,417,855	78.24%	1,275
4. To re-elect Jeremy Pilkington as a Director	31,128,601	99.21%	247,998	0.79%	31,376,599	78.14%	42,531
5. To re-elect Keith Winstanley as a Director	31,402,344	99.95%	15,505	0.05%	31,417,849	78.24%	1,281
6. To re-elect Mark Bottomley as a Director	28,747,953	91.50%	2,669,896	8.50%	31,417,849	78.24%	1,281
7. To re-elect Richard Smith as a Director	31,332,504	99.73%	85,345	0.27%	31,417,849	78.24%	1,281
8. To re-elect Stuart Watson as a Director	31,296,315	99.61%	121,534	0.39%	31,417,849	78.24%	1,281
9. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	31,353,357	99.79%	65,773	0.21%	31,419,130	78.25%	-
10. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	31,404,219	99.95%	14,911	0.05%	31,419,130	78.25%	-
11. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	31,384,722	99.90%	32,523	0.10%	31,417,245	78.24%	1,885
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
12. To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy	31,275,679	99.56%	139,613	0.44%	31,415,292	78.24%	3,838
13. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	31,299,180	99.62%	119,766	0.38%	31,418,946	78.25%	184
14. To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	31,344,498	99.77%	72,053	0.23%	31,416,551	78.24%	2,579

Ackers P Investment Company Limited (a company of which Jeremy Pilkington is a director of) is regarded as a controlling shareholder of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules, and each resolution to re-elect independent non-executive directors (resolutions 5, 6 and 7) have under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:

(i)         the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and 

(ii)        the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the controlling shareholder.

Votes cast by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder are shown below:

RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL SHARES VOTED	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
6. To re-elect Mark Bottomley as a Director	8,565,768	76.22%	2,669,896	23.76%	11,235,664	27.98%	1,281
7. To re-elect Richard Smith as a Director	11,150,319	99.22%	85,345	0.76%	11,235,664	27.98%	1,281
8. To re-elect Stuart Watson as a Director	11,114,130	98.89%	121,534	1.08%	11,235,664	27.98%	1,281

Notes:

1.         All resolutions were passed.

2.         Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total.

3.         Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

4.         A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the "% of issued share capital voted" for any resolution.

5.         The Company's total of ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) on 19 June 2026, being the time at which a person had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to vote at the AGM, was 40,154,253 ordinary shares of 5 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

6.         The total number of ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder on 19 June 2026 was 19,972,842.

7.         In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

8.         A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at https://www.vpplc.com/investors/.

Sarah (Sally) Jones, Company Secretary
Vp plc

23 July 2026

 

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