REG-Funding Circle Holdings plc Funding Circle Holdings plc: DSH-Director/PDMR Shareholding

Funding Circle HoldingsAnnouncement

20/05/2025 15:30

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 Funding Circle Holdings plc (FCH)
 Funding Circle Holdings plc: DSH-Director/PDMR Shareholding

 20-May-2025 / 15:25 GMT/BST

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 20 May 2025

                                                       LEI: 2138003EK6UAINBBUS19

                                                                                

                   Funding Circle Holdings plc (“the Company”)

  Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

  

 Performance Share Plan Awards

  

 The following  performance share  plan  awards were  granted  to PDMRs  of  the
 Company on 20 May 2025 under the Company’s performance share plan in accordance
 with the Company’s 2025 Remuneration Policy:

  

  

                  PDMR                   Number of shares subject to award
 Lisa Jacobs (Chief Executive Officer)               1,451,212
 Anthony Nicol (Chief Financial Officer)              806,229

  

 The performance share plan awards were granted in the form of nil cost  options
 over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company with a three year vesting
 period, subject to  performance underpins.   Following the end  of the  vesting
 period, the awards will be subject  to a two-year holding period.  For  further
 information on the Company’s Remuneration Policy please see

 the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts at:
  1 https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/investors/results-reports-presentations/

  

  

  

  

 The     notification     below,   made     in     accordance     with     the  
 requirements   of   Article   19 of   the   Market   Abuse Regulation, provides
 further detail:

  

  

 1.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
     closely associated
 a)  Name:                              i. Lisa Jacobs
                                        ii. Anthony Nicol
 2.  Reason for the notification
                                        (i) Chief Executive Officer
 a)  Position/status:
                                        (ii) Chief Financial Officer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment:    Initial notification
 3.  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name:                              Funding Circle Holdings plc
 b)  LEI:                               2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
     Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
 4.  instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted
     Description of the financial       Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each
     instrument, type of instrument:
                                         
 as)  
                                         
     Identification code:
                                        GB00BG0TPX62
                                        Award of nil-cost options granted under
 b)  Nature of the transaction:         the Performance Share Plan.

                                         
                                         

                                        Price(s) Volume(s)
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s):            (i) Nil  1,451,212
                                        (ii) Nil 806,229

                                         
                                         Aggregated  Aggregated price (weighted
                                                              average)
                                           volume
     Aggregated information:                                     Nil
                                        i. 1,451,212
                                                                   
                                                                 Nil
 d)  Aggregated volume:                 ii. 806,229 
                                                                   
      
                                         
     Price:
                                         

                                         
 e)  Date of the transaction:           20 May 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction           The London Stock Exchange (XLON)

  

 Enquiries:

 Funding Circle:

 Investor Relations     2 ir@fundingcircle.com
 Tony Nicol

 Media Relations      3 press@fundingcircle.com
 Leigh Rimmer

 Headland Consultancy   +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
 Stephen Malthouse

  

 About Funding Circle:

 Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is the UK’s leading SME lending platform. Its mission
 is to build the place where small businesses get the funding they need to
 win.   Funding Circle enables small businesses to access funding – offering an
 unrivalled customer experience powered by data and technology.  For
 institutional investors, Funding Circle provides access to an alternative asset
 class in an underserved market, with robust and attractive returns.  Globally,
 Funding Circle has extended more than £16bn in credit to c.150,000 businesses.

  

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   ISIN:           GB00BG0TPX62
   Category Code:  DSH
   TIDM:           FCH
   LEI Code:       2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
   OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
                   disclosed under the laws of a Member State
   Sequence No.:   389556
   EQS News ID:    2141888


    
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