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Funding Circle Holdings PLC

20 May 2020

20 May 2020

Funding Circle Holdings plc

Poll Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting and Directorate Change (Chief Financial Officer)

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.

The Company also confirms that Sean Glithero stepped down from the Board with effect from today's AGM. As announced on 27 January 2020, Sean will be succeeded by Oliver White who is expected to join the Company in June. Sean will work closely with Oliver to ensure an orderly transition of responsibilities.

 
 Resolution                                Votes       % of      Votes      % of       Total        % of       Votes 
                                            for        votes    against     votes      votes       issued     withheld 
                                                       cast                 cast                    share 
                                                                                                   capital 
                                                                                                    voted 
       To receive the 
        Annual Report 
        and Accounts for 
        the Company for 
        the year ended 
 1.     31 December 2019                250,610,103    99.99      14,330     0.01   250,624,433      71.78     113,540 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
        Report for the 
        Company for the 
        year ended 31 
 2.     December 2019                   250,701,355    99.99      34,346     0.01   250,735,701      71.81       2,272 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To reappoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditors 
 3.    of the Company                   250,731,808   100.00       3,894     0.00   250,735,702      71.81       2,272 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Board to fix the 
        remuneration of 
 4.     the auditors                    250,701,872    99.99      31,287     0.01   250,733,159      71.81       4,815 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Eric 
 5.     Daniels as a Director           245,492,585    97.91   5,238,412     2.09   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Samir 
 6.     Desai as a Director             250,641,267    99.96      93,231     0.04   250,734,498      71.81       3,476 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Geeta 
 7.     Gopalan as a Director           250,692,897    99.98      38,100     0.02   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Catherine 
 8.     Keers as a Director             250,692,897    99.98      38,100     0.02   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Andrew 
 9.     Learoyd as a Director           247,048,615    98.53   3,682,382     1.47   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Hendrik 
 10.    Nelis as a Director             247,678,996    98.78   3,052,001     1.22   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Robert 
 11.    Steel as a Director             247,678,996    98.78   3,052,001     1.22   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Neil 
 12.    Rimer as a Director             247,678,996    98.78   3,052,001     1.22   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Edward 
 13.    Wray as a Director              245,492,889    97.91   5,238,108     2.09   250,730,997      71.81       6,976 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Funding Circle 
        Holdings plc Share 
 14.    Incentive Plan                  250,727,710   100.00       7,992     0.00   250,735,702      71.81       2,272 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Directors to allot 
 15.    shares                          244,318,790    97.44   6,415,708     2.56   250,734,498      71.81       3,476 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To disapply pre-emption 
 16.    rights(*)                       250,720,871    99.99      13,356     0.01   250,734,227      71.81       3,747 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To further disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
        in connection 
        with an acquisition 
        or specified capital 
 17.    investment(*)                   250,712,844    99.99      22,586     0.01   250,735,430      71.81       2,543 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Company to purchase 
 18.    its own shares(*)               250,688,189    99.99      19,803     0.01   250,707,992      71.80      29,981 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Company to call 
        general meetings 
        (other than an 
        annual general 
        meeting) on not 
        less than 14 clear 
 19.    days' notice(*)                 249,986,028    99.70     748,199     0.30   250,734,227      71.81       3,747 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Company to make 
 20.    political donations             250,701,177    99.99      16,308     0.01   250,717,485      71.81      20,489 
      -------------------------------  ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

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 2020 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 Monday 18 May 2020, 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 349,162,089.

For and on behalf of

Funding Circle Holdings plc

Lucy Vernall

Company Secretary

Media Enquiries:

Funding Circle

press@fundingcircle.com (020 3667 2245)

Headland

Mike Smith (020 3805 4822)

Stephen Malthouse (020 3805 4822)

About Funding Circle:

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a global SME loans platform, connecting SMEs who want to borrow with investors and lenders in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands. Since launching in 2010, investors and lenders across Funding Circle's geographies - including retail investors, banks, specialty finance companies, asset management companies, insurance companies, government-backed entities and funds - have lent more than GBP8.5 billion to 80,000 businesses globally.

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