Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1722Z

Funding Circle Holdings PLC

19 May 2021

 

19 May 2021

Funding Circle Holdings plc

Poll Results of 2021 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 14 and 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 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 2020	230,146,356	100.00	420	0.00	230,146,776	64.76%	139,809
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	219,192,706	95.18	11,093,878	4.82	230,286,584	64.80%	1
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	226,078,928	98.59	3,229,853	1.41	229,308,781	64.53%	977,804
4.	To approve the Funding Circle Holdings plc Deferred Bonus Plan	230,238,390	99.98	46,972	0.02	230,285,362	64.80%	1,205
5.	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	230,266,281	99.99	18,031	0.01	230,284,312	64.80%	2,273
6.	To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors	230,249,230	99.98	37,336	0.02	230,286,566	64.80%	1
7.	To re-elect Eric Daniels as a Director	223,447,041	97.44	5,860,831	2.56	229,307,872	64.53%	978,713
8.	To re-elect Samir Desai as a Director	229,243,298	99.55	1,042,360	0.45	230,285,658	64.80%	909
9.	To re-elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director	230,099,432	99.92	186,244	0.08	230,285,676	64.80%	909
10.	To re-elect Andrew Learoyd as a Director	219,518,805	95.75	9,738,661	4.25	229,257,466	64.51%	1,029,119
11.	To re-elect Hendrik Nelis as a Director	226,207,880	98.23	4,077,795	1.77	230,285,675	64.80%	910
12.	To elect Oliver White as a Director	229,231,946	99.54	1,053,730	0.46	230,285,676	64.80%	909
13.	To re-elect Neil Rimer as a Director	220,228,258	95.63	10,057,417	4.37	230,285,675	64.80%	910
14.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	214,767,337	93.26	15,519,248	6.74	230,286,585	64.80%	0
15.	To disapply pre-emption rights*	230,276,489	100.00	9,415	0.00	230,285,904	64.80%	681
16.	To further disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment*	230,163,319	99.95	122,584	0.05	230,285,903	64.80%	682
17.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	230,242,447	99.99	17,554	0.01	230,260,001	64.80%	26,584
18.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	228,975,610	99.43	1,304,646	0.57	230,280,256	64.80%	6,329
19.	To authorise the Company to make political donations	221,374,698	96.13	8,911,886	3.87	230,286,584	64.80%	1

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 2021 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 17 May 2021, 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 355,365,362.

For and on behalf of

Funding Circle Holdings plc

Lucy Vernall

Company Secretary

Investor relations and media relations:

Investor Relations

David de Koning - Director of Investor Relations and Communications (0203 927 3893)

Media relations

Natasha Jones - Head of UK Communications (020 3667 2245)

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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