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
1. Accounts of the Company for the year 226,803,484 99.99 16,487 0.01 226,819,971 62.78% 567
ended 31 December 2022
To approve the Directors' Remuneration
2. Report for the year ended 31 December 213,472,788 94.21 13,130,080 5.79 226,602,868 62.72% 217,670
2022
3. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 226,790,995 99.99 26,250 0.01 226,817,245 62.78% 3,293
as auditors of the Company
4. To authorise the Audit Committee to fix 226,800,591 99.99 18,530 0.01 226,819,121 62.78% 1,417
the remuneration of the auditors
5. To re-elect Andrew Learoyd as a 221,094,570 97.47 5,740,186 2.53 226,834,756 62.78% 1,525
Director
6. To re-elect Lisa Jacobs as Director 226,419,708 99.82 415,552 0.18 226,835,260 62.78% 1,021
7. To re-elect Oliver White as a Director 226,414,381 99.81 420,376 0.19 226,834,757 62.78% 1,524
8. To re-elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director 225,360,641 99.35 1,474,116 0.65 226,834,757 62.78% 1,524
9. To re-elect Eric Daniels as a Director 204,131,131 89.99 22,703,398 10.01 226,834,529 62.78% 1,752
10. To re-elect Helen Beck as a Director 225,361,158 99.35 1,473,599 0.65 226,834,757 62.78% 1,524
11. To re-elect Matthew King as a Director 226,149,227 99.70 685,530 0.30 226,834,757 62.78% 1,524
12. To re-elect Samir Desai as a Director 222,153,889 97.94 4,681,370 2.06 226,835,259 62.78% 1,022
13. To re-elect Hendrik Nelis as a Director 222,083,852 97.91 4,750,677 2.09 226,834,529 62.78% 1,752
14. To re-elect Neil Rimer as a Director 222,153,496 97.94 4,681,260 2.06 226,834,756 62.78% 1,525
15. To authorise the Directors to allot 226,756,717 99.97 78,997 0.03 226,835,714 62.78% 567
shares
16. To disapply pre-emption rights* 226,786,459 99.99 32,831 0.01 226,819,290 62.78% 1,248
To further disapply pre-emption rights
17. in connection with an acquisition or 217,249,887 95.78 9,569,403 4.22 226,819,290 62.78% 1,248
specified capital investment*
18. To authorise the 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
19. general meetings (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*
20. To authorise the 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 onthe Company's website. 7. In accordance
with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed other
than resolutionsconcerning ordinary business will shortly be
available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 8. On
Tuesday 9 May 2023, the total number of issued ordinary shares of
GBP0.001 each entitling the holders toattend 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 GBP15bn 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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