REG - Funding Circle Hldgs - Result of AGM

Funding Circle HoldingsAnnouncement

19/05/2021 12:50

RNS Number : 1722Z
  
Funding Circle Holdings PLC
  
19 May 2021
  
 

19 May 2021
 
Funding Circle Holdings plc
 
Poll Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting 
 
Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, Funding Circle Holdings plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders as set out in the Notice of AGM were carried by the requisite majority on a poll.  Resolutions 1 to 14 and 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.  The table set out below shows the votes cast on each resolution.
 
 



Resolution


Votes for


% of votes cast


Votes against


% of votes cast


Total votes


% of issued share capital voted


Votes withheld




1.


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020


230,146,356


100.00


420


0.00


230,146,776


64.76%


139,809




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)


219,192,706


95.18


11,093,878


4.82


230,286,584


64.80%


1




3.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


226,078,928


98.59


3,229,853


1.41


229,308,781


64.53%


977,804




4.


To approve the Funding Circle Holdings plc Deferred Bonus Plan


230,238,390


99.98


46,972


0.02


230,285,362


64.80%


1,205




5.


To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company


230,266,281


99.99


18,031


0.01


230,284,312


64.80%


2,273




6.


To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors


230,249,230


99.98


37,336


0.02


230,286,566


64.80%


1




7.


To re-elect Eric Daniels as a Director


223,447,041


97.44


5,860,831


2.56


229,307,872


64.53%


978,713




8.


To re-elect Samir Desai as a Director


229,243,298


99.55


1,042,360


0.45


230,285,658


64.80%


909




9.


To re-elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director


230,099,432


99.92


186,244


0.08


230,285,676


64.80%


909




10.


To re-elect Andrew Learoyd as a Director


219,518,805


95.75


9,738,661


4.25


229,257,466


64.51%


1,029,119




11.


To re-elect Hendrik Nelis as a Director


226,207,880


98.23


4,077,795


1.77


230,285,675


64.80%


910




12.


To elect Oliver White as a Director


229,231,946


99.54


1,053,730


0.46


230,285,676


64.80%


909




13.


To re-elect Neil Rimer as a Director


220,228,258


95.63


10,057,417


4.37


230,285,675


64.80%


910




14.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares


214,767,337


93.26


15,519,248


6.74


230,286,585


64.80%


0




15.


To disapply pre-emption rights*


230,276,489


100.00


9,415


0.00


230,285,904


64.80%


681




16.


To further disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment*


230,163,319


99.95


122,584


0.05


230,285,903


64.80%


682




17.


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*


230,242,447


99.99


17,554


0.01


230,260,001


64.80%


26,584




18.


To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*


228,975,610


99.43


1,304,646


0.57


230,280,256


64.80%


6,329




19.


To authorise the Company to make political donations


221,374,698


96.13


8,911,886


3.87


230,286,584


64.80%


1



 
Other
 
1.     * indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.
 
2.     Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast.
 
3.     Votes "For" include discretionary votes.
 
4.     A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
 
5.     Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
 
6.     To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting on the Company's website.
 
7.     In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
8.     On Monday 17 May 2021, the total number of issued ordinary shares of £0.001 each entitling the holders to attend and vote on all the resolutions at the AGM was 355,365,362.
 
For and on behalf of
Funding Circle Holdings plc
 
Lucy Vernall
Company Secretary
 
Investor relations and media relations:
 
Investor Relations
David de Koning - Director of Investor Relations and Communications (0203 927 3893)
 
Media relations 
Natasha Jones - Head of UK Communications (020 3667 2245)
Headland Consultancy - Mike Smith / Stephen Malthouse (020 3805 4822)
 
About Funding Circle:
 
Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a small and medium enterprise ("SME") loans platform. Since launching in 2010, investors and lenders across Funding Circle's geographies - including banks, asset management companies, insurance companies, government-backed entities, retail investors and funds - have lent more than £12 billion to 100,000 businesses globally.
 

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