VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Sponsor II, LLC (7048E)

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RNS Number : 7048E

VPC Specialty Lending Invest. PLC

14 March 2022

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC (the "Company")

Update Regarding its Holding in VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Sponsor II, LLC

The Company notes that on 14 March 2022, VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (NASDAQ: VPCB) ("VPCB"), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Sponsor II, LLC ("VPC Sponsor"), an affiliate of Victory Park Capital ("VPC"), and FinAccel, the parent company of Kredivo, the leading AI-enabled digital consumer credit platform in Southeast Asia, announced the mutual termination of their previously announced business combination agreement. More information on the announcement can be found here .

Through VPC Sponsor, the Company currently owns 1,029,833 Class B Shares and 833,529 private placement warrants in VPCB, held at an aggregate cost basis of US$1.2 million. As at 31 January 2022, the total value of the Company's investment in VPC Sponsor is US$7.5 million (1.8% of NAV).

VPCB is considering future options, including seeking an alternative business combination. The parties have agreed that, in the event that VPCB is liquidated, Kredivo shall issue a warrant with a nominal exercise price to VPCB providing VPCB with the ability to acquire a stake equal to 3.5% of the fully diluted equity securities of Kredivo.

The information contained in this announcement is inside information and is price sensitive.

Enquiries

For further information, please contact:

 
 Victory Park Capital                      via Jefferies or Winterflood 
  Brendan Carroll (Senior Partner and       (below) 
  Co-Founder)                               [e-mail] 
  Gordon Watson (Partner) 
 
   Jefferies International Limited           Tel: [phone] 
 Stuart Klein 
  Neil Winward 
 Gaudi le Roux 
 Winterflood Securities Limited            Tel: [phone] 
 Neil Morgan 
  Chris Mills 
 
   Link Company Matters Limited (Company     Tel: [phone] 
   Secretary)                                Email: [e-mail] 
 

About VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC (Company No. 9385218) is a UK listed investment trust focused on asset-backed lending to emerging and established businesses with the goal of building long-term, sustainable income generation. The Company identifies investment opportunities across various industries and geographies to offer shareholders access to a diversified portfolio of opportunistic credit investments originated by non-bank lenders with a focus on the rapidly developing technology-enabled lending sector.

Further information on VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC is available at : http://vpcspecialtylending.com .

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