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RNS Number : 3519O  Funding Circle Holdings PLC  09 June 2022

9 June 2022

 

Funding Circle Holdings plc

 

Poll Results of 2022 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 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 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  242,532,100  100.00           0              0.00             242,532,100  67.25%                           7,122
         December 2021
 2.      To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December    242,440,714  99.96            89,361         0.04             242,530,075  67.25%                           9,147
         2021
 3.      To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company              242,522,168  100.00           6,509          0.00             242,528,677  67.25%                           10,545
 4.      To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors        242,523,962  100.00           5,510          0.00             242,529,472  67.25%                           9,750
 5.      To re-elect Andrew Learoyd as a Director                                        233,927,338  96.80            7,743,368      3.20             241,670,706  67.01%                           868,516
 6.      To elect Lisa Jacobs as Director                                                241,462,174  99.56            1,065,457      0.44             242,527,631  67.25%                           11,591
 7.      To re-elect Oliver White as a Director                                          241,462,074  99.56            1,065,557      0.44             242,527,631  67.25%                           11,591
 8.      To re-elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director                                         239,896,458  98.92            2,631,173      1.08             242,527,631  67.25%                           11,591
 9.      To re-elect Eric Daniels as a Director                                          234,119,505  96.53            8,407,899      3.47             242,527,404  67.25%                           11,818
 10.     To elect Helen Beck as a Director                                               239,820,567  98.88            2,707,064      1.12             242,527,631  67.25%                           11,591
 11.     To elect Matthew King as a Director                                             242,520,520  100.00           7,111          0.00             242,527,631  67.25%                           11,591
 12.     To re-elect Samir Desai as a Director                                           236,835,984  97.65            5,691,776      2.35             242,527,760  67.25%                           11,462
 13.     To re-elect Hendrik Nelis as a Director                                         237,954,767  98.11            4,572,637      1.89             242,527,404  67.25%                           11,818
 14.     To re-elect Neil Rimer as a Director                                            237,954,717  98.11            4,572,687      1.89             242,527,404  67.25%                           11,818
 15.     To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      242,442,649  99.96            87,610         0.04             242,530,259  67.25%                           8,963

 16.     To disapply pre-emption rights(*)                                               242,517,974  100.00           6,584          0.00             242,524,558  67.25%                           14,664
 17.     To further disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or     242,423,672  99.96            101,113        0.04             242,524,785  67.25%                           14,437
         specified capital investment(*)
 18.     To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares(*)                          242,527,620  100.00           2,737          0.00             242,530,357  67.25%                           8,865
 19.     To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than an annual         241,228,271  99.46            1,302,352      0.54             242,530,623  67.25%                           8,599
         general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice(*)
 20.     To authorise the Company to make political donations                            242,509,557  99.99            16,928         0.01             242,526,485  67.25%                           12,737

 

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 2022 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

8.     On Tuesday 7 June 2022, 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 360,643,568.

 

For and on behalf of

Funding Circle Holdings plc

 

Lucy Vernall

Company Secretary

 

Investor relations and media relations:

 

Abigail Whittaker - Director of Communications (07989 876136)

 

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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