19 June 2024
LEI:
2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
Funding Circle
Holdings plc (the Company)
Notification of
Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
(PDMR)
Participation in
the Share Incentive Plan
The Company
announces that on 17 June 2024, PDMRs of the Company acquired a
further interest in the Company's shares as a result of their
participation in the Funding Circle Holdings plc Share Incentive
Plan (the "SIP").
The SIP is an HMRC
approved all employee share plan, under which employees are able to
purchase 'Partnership Shares' using deductions from salary each
month and/or make a lump sum payment from their salary. For each
Partnership Share purchased employees receive two free 'Matching
Shares'. This was an automated purchase
instruction arranged with a third-party provider as per the SIP
rules.
Details of the
Partnership Shares acquired on behalf of, and the Matching Shares
awarded to, PDMRs under the SIP, both of whom opted to make a lump
sum payment in June 2024, are set out below:
|
Name of
PDMR
|
Number of
Partnership Shares
|
Number of
Matching Shares
|
|
Lisa Jacobs
|
2,185
|
4,370
|
|
Oliver White
|
2,186
|
4,372
|
Further information
is set out below in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse
Regulation.
Acquisition of Partnership
Shares
|
1.
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
|
|
a)
|
Name:
|
-
Lisa Jacobs
-
Oliver White
|
|
2.
|
Reason for the
notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status:
|
-
Chief Executive Officer
-
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment:
|
Initial notification
|
|
3.
|
Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name:
|
Funding Circle Holdings
plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI:
|
2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
|
|
4.
|
Details of the
transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and
(iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
|
|
a)
|
Description of the financial
instrument, type of instrument:
|
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence
each
|
|
b)
|
Identification code:
|
GB00BG0TPX62
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the
transaction:
|
Acquisition of Partnership Shares
under the Funding Circle Holdings plc
Share Incentive Plan
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s):
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
-
82.35 pence
|
2,185
|
-
82.35 pence
|
2,186
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information:
Aggregated volume:
Price:
|
|
Aggregated
volume
|
Aggregated price (weighted
average)
|
-
2,185
|
82.35 pence
|
-
2,186
|
82.35 pence
|
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction:
|
17 June 2024
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
The London Stock Exchange
(XLON)
|
Award of
Matching Shares
|
1.
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
|
|
a)
|
Name:
|
-
Lisa Jacobs
-
Oliver White
|
|
2.
|
Reason for the
notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status:
|
-
Chief Executive Officer
-
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment:
|
Initial notification
|
|
3.
|
Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name:
|
Funding Circle Holdings
plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI:
|
2138003EK6UAINBBUS19
|
|
4.
|
Details of the
transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and
(iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
|
|
a)
|
Description of the financial
instrument, type of instrument:
|
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence
each
|
|
b)
|
Identification code:
|
GB00BG0TPX62
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the
transaction:
|
Award of Matching Shares under
the Funding
Circle Holdings plc Share Incentive Plan
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s):
|
|
Price
|
Volume(s)
|
-
Nil
|
4,370
|
-
Nil
|
4,372
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information:
|
|
Aggregated
volume
|
Aggregated price (weighted
average)
|
-
4,370
|
Nil
|
-
4,372
|
Nil
|
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction:
|
17 June 2024
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
The London Stock Exchange
(XLON)
|
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 £16bn in credit to c.150,000 businesses.