REG-Funding Circle Plc Poll Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

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Funding Circle Plc (FCH)
Poll Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

11-May-2023 / 13:00 GMT/BST

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11 May 2023

 

                       Funding Circle Holdings plc (the “Company”)

                                             

                       Poll Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

 

Following its Annual General  Meeting (“AGM”) held today,  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.

 

 

                                                                           % of
                                       % of    Votes    % of              issued   Votes
Resolution                  Votes for  votes  against   votes Total votes  share  withheld
                                       cast             cast              capital
                                                                           voted
    To receive the Annual
    Report and Accounts of
1.  the Company for the    226,803,484 99.99   16,487   0.01  226,819,971 62.78%    567
    year ended 31 December
    2022
    To approve the
    Directors'
2.  Remuneration Report    213,472,788 94.21 13,130,080 5.79  226,602,868 62.72%  217,670
    for the year ended 31
    December 2022
    To reappoint
3.  PricewaterhouseCoopers 226,790,995 99.99   26,250   0.01  226,817,245 62.78%   3,293
    LLP as auditors of the
    Company
    To authorise the Audit
4.  Committee to fix the   226,800,591 99.99   18,530   0.01  226,819,121 62.78%   1,417
    remuneration of the
    auditors
5.  To re-elect Andrew     221,094,570 97.47 5,740,186  2.53  226,834,756 62.78%   1,525
    Learoyd as a Director
6.  To re-elect Lisa       226,419,708 99.82  415,552   0.18  226,835,260 62.78%   1,021
    Jacobs as Director
7.  To re-elect Oliver     226,414,381 99.81  420,376   0.19  226,834,757 62.78%   1,524
    White as a Director
8.  To re-elect Geeta      225,360,641 99.35 1,474,116  0.65  226,834,757 62.78%   1,524
    Gopalan as a Director
9.  To re-elect Eric       204,131,131 89.99 22,703,398 10.01 226,834,529 62.78%   1,752
    Daniels as a Director
10. To re-elect Helen Beck 225,361,158 99.35 1,473,599  0.65  226,834,757 62.78%   1,524
    as a Director
11. To re-elect Matthew    226,149,227 99.70  685,530   0.30  226,834,757 62.78%   1,524
    King as a Director
12. To re-elect Samir      222,153,889 97.94 4,681,370  2.06  226,835,259 62.78%   1,022
    Desai as a Director
13. To re-elect Hendrik    222,083,852 97.91 4,750,677  2.09  226,834,529 62.78%   1,752
    Nelis as a Director
14. To re-elect Neil Rimer 222,153,496 97.94 4,681,260  2.06  226,834,756 62.78%   1,525
    as a Director
    To authorise the
15. Directors to allot     226,756,717 99.97   78,997   0.03  226,835,714 62.78%    567
    shares
16. To disapply            226,786,459 99.99   32,831   0.01  226,819,290 62.78%   1,248
    pre-emption rights*
    To further disapply
    pre-emption rights in
17. connection with an     217,249,887 95.78 9,569,403  4.22  226,819,290 62.78%   1,248
    acquisition or
    specified capital
    investment*
    To authorise the
18. Company to purchase    217,295,349 95.79 9,540,365  4.21  226,835,714 62.78%    567
    its own shares*
    To authorise the
    Company to call
    general meetings
19. (other than an annual  226,631,108 99.91  203,343   0.09  226,834,451 62.78%   1,830
    general meeting) on
    not less than 14 clear
    days' notice*
    To authorise the
20. Company to make        217,235,143 95.78 9,579,118  4.22  226,814,261 62.78%   22,020
    political donations

 

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 2023 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:
     1 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 8. On Tuesday 9  May 2023,  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
    361,303,143.

 

For and on behalf of

Funding Circle Holdings plc

 

Lucy Vernall

Company Secretary

 

Enquiries:

Funding Circle Investor Relations

Morten Singleton (+44 7736 297 929)

ir@fundingcircle.com

 

Funding Circle Media Relations

Abigail Whittaker (+44 7989 876136)

press@fundingcircle.com

 

Headland Consultancy

Mike Smith / Stephen Malthouse (+44 20 3805 4822)

 

About Funding Circle:

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a lending platform for small business borrowers.  Established
in the UK in  2010, and now  the leading lending platform  to SMEs, the  Group also has  a
material and growing presence in the US.  Globally, Funding Circle has extended more  than
£15bn in credit to c.135,000 businesses.

For small business borrowers, Funding Circle provides a leading-edge customer  experience,
delivered through its technology, machine learning, and data science, coupled with a human
touch. Its solutions continue to help customers access the funding they need to succeed.

For lending investors, Funding Circle provides access to an alternative asset class in  an
underserved market, and delivers robust and attractive returns.

 

 

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