AGM Information • May 19, 2021
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COMPANY NO. 07123934
RESOLUTIONS
of
FUNDING CIRCLE HOLDINGS PLC
(the "Company")
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company, duly convened and held at the offices of the Company at 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4AY on 19 May 2021 at 12 p.m., the following resolutions were duly passed, resolutions 14 and 19 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 as special resolutions as set out in the Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting dated 14 April 2021:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 14 – Authority to allot shares
To generally and unconditionally authorise the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
up to an aggregate nominal amount of £117,767; and
comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £235,534 (including within such limit any shares issued or rights granted under paragraph (a) above) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue,
such authorities to apply in place of all existing authorities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 and to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, the close of business on 30 July 2022, but in each case so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements during the relevant period which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires, and the Directors may allot shares and grant rights in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this resolution, “rights issue” means an offer to:
(i) ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(ii) holders of other equity securities, if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,
to subscribe for further securities, subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
Resolution 19 – Political donations and expenditure
That the Company, and all companies that are its subsidiaries, at any time during the period during which this resolution is in force, be and are hereby authorised, in aggregate, to:
make political donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates not exceeding £100,000 in total;
make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding £100,000 in total; and
incur political expenditure not exceeding £100,000 in total,
provided that the total amount of all such donations and expenditure made by all companies to which this authority relates shall not exceed £100,000. This authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting, or the close of business on 30 July 2022, whichever is earlier. All existing authorisations and approvals relating to political donations or expenditure under Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 are hereby revoked without prejudice to any donation made or expenditure incurred prior to the date hereof pursuant to such authorisation or approval.
For the purposes of this resolution the terms “political donation”, “political parties”, “independent election candidates”, “political organisation” and “political expenditure” have the meanings given by sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 15 – General authority to disapply pre-emption rights
That if Resolution 14 is passed, the Board be generally empowered, in place of all existing powers, pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 14 as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, and such authority:
shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 14, by way of a rights issue only):
to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
holders of other equity securities, if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,
and subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and
in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (a) of Resolution 14, shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities (otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) above) up to a nominal amount of £17,665,
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, the close of business on 30 July 2022 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
The authority in this Resolution 15 applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006 as if in the first paragraph of this resolution the words “under the authority given by Resolution 14” were omitted.
Resolution 16 – Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights
That if Resolution 14 is passed, the Board be generally empowered, in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 15, pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 14 as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment, such authority to be:
in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (a) of Resolution 14, limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash up to a nominal amount of £17,665; and
used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Board determines to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, the close of business on 30 July 2022 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
The authority in this Resolution 16 applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006 as if in the first paragraph of this resolution the words “under the authority given by Resolution 14” were omitted.
Resolution 17 – Authority to purchase own shares
To unconditionally and generally authorise the Company for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares of £0.001 each in the capital of the Company provided that:
the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be purchased is 35,330,154;
the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each share is £0.001;
the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of (i) 105% of the average of the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such ordinary share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and
this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Company’s next annual general meeting or, if earlier, the close of business on 30 July 2022 (except in relation to the purchase of ordinary shares, the contract for which was concluded before the expiry of such authority and which might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry).
Resolution 18 – Notice period for general meetings other than an annual general meeting
To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
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