21 May 2026

 

Funding Circle Holdings plc (the “Company”)

 

Poll Results of 2026 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 14 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		Votes against		Total votes cast		Votes withheld
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	% of ISC
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025	229,541,881	100.00	2,841	0.00	229,544,722	75.32%	10,549
2.	To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025	224,012,817	97.59	5,531,450	2.41	229,544,267	75.32%	11,004
3.	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	229,051,721	99.79	487,553	0.21	229,539,274	75.32%	15,997
4.	To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors	229,098,228	99.81	442,841	0.19	229,541,069	75.32%	14,202
5.	To re-elect Ken Stannard as a Director	222,613,841	96.98	6,935,654	3.02	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
6.	To re-elect Lisa Jacobs as Director	229,503,868	99.98	45,627	0.02	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
7.	To re-elect Tony Nicol as a Director	229,461,062	99.96	88,433	0.04	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
8.	To re-elect Helen Beck as a Director	224,646,486	97.86	4,903,009	2.14	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
9.	To elect Maeve Byrne as a Director	229,531,557	99.99	17,938	0.01	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
10.	To elect Richard Harvey	229,535,703	99.99	13,792	0.01	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
11.	To re-elect Hendrik Nelis as a Director	218,130,010	95.03	11,419,485	4.97	229,549,495	75.33%	5,776
12.	To re-elect Neil Rimer as a Director	225,384,783	98.19	4,164,485	1.81	229,549,268	75.33%	6,003
13.	Political donations	221,792,079	96.65	7,685,371	3.35	229,477,450	75.30%	77,821
14.	Directors’ authority to allot shares	229,102,979	99.81	446,697	0.19	229,549,676	75.33%	5,595
15.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights *	222,196,865	96.80	7,349,069	3.20	229,545,934	75.32%	9,337
16.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment*	222,211,073	96.80	7,334,973	3.20	229,546,046	75.32%	9,225
17.	Purchase of own shares*	229,446,897	99.99	30,344	0.01	229,477,241	75.30%	78,030
18.	Notice of general meeting*	229,416,078	99.94	134,098	0.06	229,550,176	75.33%	5,095

 

 

* Indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.

 

To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of 2026 Annual General Meeting on the Company's website.

 

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 Rules 6.4.2, 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.

 

The issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 19 May 2026, the voting record date, was 304,741,576 (including treasury shares). The Company held 7,044,269 shares in treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the voting record date was 297,697,307.

 

 

 

For and on behalf of

Funding Circle Holdings plc

 

Sarah Whiteley

Company Secretary

 

-Ends-

 

 

Enquiries:

Funding Circle:

Investor Relations    ir@fundingcircle.com
Tony Nicol

Media Relations     press@fundingcircle.com
 

Headland Consultancy   +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
Stephen Malthouse

 

About Funding Circle:

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is the UK’s leading SME finance platform. Since 2010, we have extended more than £17bn in credit to over 125,000 UK businesses, helping them power the economy and their communities.

 

By combining proprietary AI-powered credit models with a human touch, we provide a seamless experience that allows SMEs to borrow, pay later, and spend through a single ecosystem. For institutional investors, Funding Circle offers access to an attractive, underserved asset class through a platform built on deep data and a proven track record of robust returns.