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Entity Registrant Name | Vertical Aerospace Ltd.
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Amendment Description | This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-262207) as amended, (the “Registration Statement”) of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (the “Company”) as originally declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2022, is being filed (i) pursuant to the undertakings in Item 9 of the Registration Statement to include the information contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 that was filed with the SEC on April 29, 2022; and (ii) to include an updated prospectus related to the offer of the Company's ordinary shares and warrants that were registered on the Registration Statement.

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