Notice of data breach

Lendinvest PLC

25 August 2023

 

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION.

LEI: 213800NWMK3O4UWP9N91

25^th August 2023

LendInvest plc

Notice of data breach

LendInvest plc (AIM: LINV; the "Company") was notified yesterday of certain customer and applicant personal data being accessible to persons outside of the Company. The data itself was held within a specific project test environment and not within the Company's main systems. Investigations into the incident are ongoing and the precise number of individuals affected and the length of time that the information was compromised is to be determined.

Upon becoming aware of the incident, the team immediately took steps to remedy the breach, mitigate any further risk, and launched an investigation. The exposed data is no longer exposed, and there is currently no evidence that any personal information of any nature has been misused. We have engaged specialist support services and have implemented our incident response plans as part of our ongoing investigations. The Company is engaging with the relevant regulatory authorities, including the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

LendInvest takes the issue of data security extremely seriously, and any affected individuals will be notified as appropriate and in accordance with applicable regulations.

A further announcement will be made if and when appropriate.  

Enquiries:

LendInvest via Teneo                                                                                                           [phone]
Rod Lockhart, Chief Executive Officer                                       
David Broadbent, Chief Financial Officer
Leigh Rimmer, Head of External Communications                                                                                     
[e-mail]                       

Panmure Gordon (NOMAD and Joint Broker)                                                                [phone]
Atholl Tweedie
David Watkins

finnCap Limited (Joint Broker)                                                                                          [phone]
Jonny Franklin-Adams
Tim Redfern
Alice Lane

Teneo (Financial PR)                                                                                                             [phone]
Tom Murray
Ed Cropley
Olivia Lucas         

Important Notices

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by LendInvest to constitute inside information as stipulated under the UK Market Abuse Regulation. By the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of LendInvest is Rod Lockhart.

The information contained in this announcement is for information purposes only.  This announcement has been prepared in accordance with English law, the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the AIM Rules for Companies and information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside England.

Subject to the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the AIM Rules for Companies, the delivery of this announcement shall not create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of LendInvest since the date of this announcement or that the information in this announcement is correct as at any time subsequent to its date.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. In some cases, these forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology including the terms "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "seek", "continue", "aim", "target", "projected", "plan", "goal", "achieve" and words of similar meaning or in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause results or events to differ materially from what is expressed or implied by those statements. Many factors may cause actual results, performance or achievements of LendInvest to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of LendInvest to differ materially from the expectations of LendInvest, include, among other things, general business and economic conditions globally, industry trends, competition, changes in government and changes in regulation and policy, changes in its business strategy, political and economic uncertainty and other factors. As such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement is based on information available to LendInvest as of the date of the statement. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to LendInvest are qualified by this caution. Other than in accordance with legal and regulatory obligations, LendInvest undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Nothing in this announcement should be regarded as a profit forecast.

 

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