Result of AGM

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 December 2021	242,532,100	100.00	0	0.00	242,532,100	67.25%	7,122
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2021	242,440,714	99.96	89,361	0.04	242,530,075	67.25%	9,147
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 specified capital investment*	242,423,672	99.96	101,113	0.04	242,524,785	67.25%	14,437
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 general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	241,228,271	99.46	1,302,352	0.54	242,530,623	67.25%	8,599
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 .

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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