Funding Circle Holdings PLC Result of AGM (3519O)

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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        %        Votes       %         Total        % of       Votes 
                                      for         of      against      of        votes       issued     withheld 
                                                 votes                votes                   share 
                                                 cast                 cast                   capital 
                                                                                              voted 
       To receive the 
        Annual Report 
        and Accounts 
        of the Company 
        for the year 
        ended 31 December 
 1.     2021                      242,532,100   100.00       0        0.00    242,532,100    67.25%      7,122 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
        Report for the 
        year ended 31 
 2.     December 2021             242,440,714   99.96     89,361      0.04    242,530,075    67.25%      9,147 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To reappoint 
        PricewaterhouseCoopers 
        LLP as auditors 
 3.     of the Company            242,522,168   100.00     6,509      0.00    242,528,677    67.25%     10,545 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Audit Committee 
        to fix the remuneration 
 4.     of the auditors           242,523,962   100.00     5,510      0.00    242,529,472    67.25%      9,750 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Andrew 
        Learoyd as a 
 5.     Director                  233,927,338   96.80    7,743,368    3.20    241,670,706    67.01%     868,516 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To elect Lisa 
 6.     Jacobs as Director        241,462,174   99.56    1,065,457    0.44    242,527,631    67.25%     11,591 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Oliver 
 7.     White as a Director       241,462,074   99.56    1,065,557    0.44    242,527,631    67.25%     11,591 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Geeta 
        Gopalan as a 
 8.     Director                  239,896,458   98.92    2,631,173    1.08    242,527,631    67.25%     11,591 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Eric 
        Daniels as a 
 9.     Director                  234,119,505   96.53    8,407,899    3.47    242,527,404    67.25%     11,818 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To elect Helen 
 10.    Beck as a Director        239,820,567   98.88    2,707,064    1.12    242,527,631    67.25%     11,591 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To elect Matthew 
 11.    King as a Director        242,520,520   100.00     7,111      0.00    242,527,631    67.25%     11,591 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Samir 
 12.    Desai as a Director       236,835,984   97.65    5,691,776    2.35    242,527,760    67.25%     11,462 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Hendrik 
 13.    Nelis as a Director       237,954,767   98.11    4,572,637    1.89    242,527,404    67.25%     11,818 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Neil 
 14.    Rimer as a Director       237,954,717   98.11    4,572,687    1.89    242,527,404    67.25%     11,818 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
 15.    to allot shares           242,442,649   99.96     87,610      0.04    242,530,259    67.25%      8,963 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To disapply pre-emption 
 16.    rights(*)                 242,517,974   100.00     6,584      0.00    242,524,558    67.25%     14,664 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To further disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
        in connection 
        with an acquisition 
        or specified 
 17.    capital investment(*)     242,423,672   99.96     101,113     0.04    242,524,785    67.25%     14,437 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company to 
        purchase its 
 18.    own shares(*)             242,527,620   100.00     2,737      0.00    242,530,357    67.25%      8,865 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company to 
        call general 
        meetings (other 
        than an annual 
        general meeting) 
        on not less than 
        14 clear days' 
 19.    notice(*)                 241,228,271   99.46    1,302,352    0.54    242,530,623    67.25%      8,599 
      -------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company to 
        make political 
 20.    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 .

8. On Tuesday 7 June 2022, the total number of issued ordinary shares of GBP0.001 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 GBP12 billion to 100,000 businesses globally.

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