DJ Funding Circle Plc: Results of General Meeting and Update Statement on 2024 Annual General Meeting Resolution Votes
Funding Circle Plc (FCH)
Funding Circle Plc: Results of General Meeting and Update Statement on 2024 Annual General Meeting Resolution Votes
14-Nov-2024 / 11:03 GMT/BST
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14 November 2024
LEI: 2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
Funding Circle Holdings plc
Results of General Meeting
and Update Statement on 2024 Annual General Meeting Resolution Votes
Results of General Meeting
Following its General Meeting held today, Funding Circle Holdings plc (the 'Company') announces that the special
resolution proposed to shareholders as set out in the Notice of Meeting was carried by a requisite majority on a poll.
The table set out below shows the votes cast for the special resolution.
Votes for Votes Total votes cast
Resolution against Votes
withheld
Number % Number % Number %
THAT, subject to the confirmation of the High
1. Court of Justice in England and Wales, the 186,413,083 100.00 2,338 0.00 186,415,421 56.12% 12,857
amount standing to the credit of the share
premium account of the Company be cancelled.
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast. Votes "For" include discretionary votes. 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.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
On Tuesday 12 November 2024, the total number of issued ordinary shares of GBP0.001 each entitling the holders to attend and vote on the resolution at the General Meeting was 332,161,151.
Update Statement on 2024 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Voting Results
By Provision 4 of the UK Corporate Governance Code and as noted in the announcement of 15 May 2024, Funding Circle Holdings plc ("the Company") is providing this update following significant votes (defined as above 20%) against the following resolutions at its AGM held on 15 May 2024.
Resolutions 17 (general disapplication of pre-emption rights) and 18 (disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment), which were special resolutions requiring a 75% majority, did receive sufficient support to be passed, receiving votes in favour of 78.52% respectively. However, a significant number of votes (21.48%) were against both resolutions.
Subsequent to the AGM, the Company has engaged with shareholders who voted against resolutions 17 and 18 and understands that these votes reflected, among other things, the voting policy of certain institutional investors and the potential for dilution especially in the absence of a specific transaction for which the authority would be used.
The resolutions followed the provisions of the Pre-Emption Group's 2015 Statement of Principles for the disapplication of pre-emption rights and the Board considered the flexibility afforded to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. However, the Board will continue to consider its approach on this matter and will continue to engage with shareholders as appropriate. A further update will be provided in the 2024 Annual Report.
For and on behalf of
Funding Circle Holdings plc
Lucy Vernall
Company Secretary
ENDS
Enquiries:
Funding Circle:
Investor Relations ir@fundingcircle.com Tony Nicol
Media Relations press@fundingcircle.com Angeli Everitt
Headland Consultancy +44 (0) 20 3805 4822 Mike Smith / Stephen Malthouse
About Funding Circle:
Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is the UK's leading SME lending platform. Its mission is to build the place where small businesses get the funding they need to win. Funding Circle enables small businesses to access funding - offering an unrivalled customer experience powered by data and technology. For institutional investors, Funding Circle provides access to an alternative asset class in an underserved market, with robust and attractive returns. Globally, Funding Circle has extended more than GBP16bn in credit to c.150,000 businesses.
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