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TruFin PLC

04 June 2019

4 June 2019

TruFin plc

("TruFin" or the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries "TruFin Group")

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS

TruFin is pleased to announce that its second Annual General Meeting was held in London today where all resolutions as proposed in the notice of AGM were duly passed.

The shareholder resolution dated 17 May 2019, giving the necessary authorities for the Tender Offer set out in the Company's circular dated 17 May 2019 (the "Circular") has been passed. As described in the Circular, the Tender Offer closes at 1:00 p.m. today and the Company expects the results of the Tender Offer to be announced at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, 5 June 2019.

The votes received in respect of the resolutions were as follows:

 
 Annual General Meeting Resolutions                For               Against        Withheld 
  numbered and with defined 
  terms as per the Notice 
  of Meeting 
                                             Number       %       Number      %      Number 
                                          -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       That the Company be authorised 
        to purchase, in accordance 
        with Article 57 of the 
        Companies Law, Ordinary 
        Shares as per the terms 
        of the Tender Offer described 
        in this Circular provided 
        that: 
        (a) the maximum number 
        of Ordinary Shares hereby 
        authorised to be acquired 
        is 5,435,105; 
        (b) the price which may 
        be paid for each Ordinary 
        Share is 92 pence; 
        (c) unless previously 
        renewed, varied or revoked 
        by the Company in a general 
        meeting, the authority 
        hereby conferred shall 
        expire on 30 June 2019; 
        (d) the Company may make 
        a contract to purchase 
        its Ordinary Shares under 
        the authority hereby 
        conferred prior to the 
        expiry of such authority, 
        which contract will or 
        may be executed wholly 
        or partly after the expiry 
        of such authority, and 
        may purchase its Ordinary 
        Shares in pursuance of 
        any such contract; 
        (e) the Directors provide 
        a statement of solvency 
        in accordance with Articles 
        55 and 57 of the Companies 
        Law; and 
        (f) such shares are acquired 
        for cancellation or to 
        be held as treasury shares 
        in accordance with Article 
        58A of the Companies 
 1.     Law.                               82,248,749   100.00       0       0.00      219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To receive the reports 
        of the Directors and 
        the Auditors and the 
        audited accounts for 
        the financial year ended 
 2.     31 December 2018.                  82,247,749   100.00       0       0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Simon Henry 
        Kenner as a Director 
 3.     of the Company.                    78,720,992   100.00      442      0.00   3,527,534 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect James van 
        den Bergh as a Director 
 4.     of the Company.                    82,247,307   100.00      442      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Raxita Kapashi 
        as a Director of the 
 5.     Company.                           82,247,307   100.00      442      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Steve Baldwin 
        as a Director of the 
 6.     Company.                           82,247,307   100.00      442      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Penny Judd 
        as a Director of the 
 7.     Company.                           82,247,307   100.00      442      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Peter Whiting 
        as a Director of the 
 8.     Company.                           80,947,307   98.42    1,300,442   1.58     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-elect Paul Dentskevich 
        as a Director of the 
 9.     Company.                           82,247,307   100.00      442      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Deloitte 
        LLP as Auditors of the 
        Company to hold office 
        until the conclusion 
        of the next general meeting 
        of the Company at which 
 10.    accounts are laid.                 82,247,749   100.00       0       0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       To authorise the directors 
        to determine the remuneration 
 11.    of the Auditors.                   82,247,749   100.00       0       0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       The directors of the 
        Company be authorised 
        for the purposes of the 
        articles of association 
        of the Company (the "Articles") 
        to allot (with or without 
        confirming rights of 
        renunciation), grant 
        options over or otherwise 
        deal in any unissued 
        shares of the Company 
        (whether for cash or 
        non-cash consideration) 
        on such terms and conditions 
        as they may in their 
        discretion think fit 
        up to an aggregate maximum 
        of 32,456,140 ordinary 
        shares of GBP0.91 each 
        in the capital of the 
        Company ("Ordinary Shares") 
        such authority to expire 
        at the earlier of the 
        conclusion of the next 
        annual general meeting 
        of the Company or at 
        close of business on 
        4 September 2020 (unless 
        previously renewed, varied 
        or revoked by the Company 
 12.    prior to or on that date).         82,247,528   100.00      221      0.00     1,219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       In addition to the authority 
        in Resolution 1, that 
        the Company be generally 
        and unconditionally authorised 
        to purchase in accordance 
        with Article 57 of the 
        Law Ordinary Shares provided 
        that: 
        (a) the maximum number 
        of Ordinary Shares hereby 
        authorised to be acquired 
        is 9,736,842 (being 10% 
        of the Ordinary Shares 
        in issue as at the date 
        of this Resolution); 
        (b) the minimum price 
        which may be paid for 
        each Ordinary Shares 
        is nil; 
        (c) the maximum price 
        which may be paid for 
        each Ordinary Share is 
        an amount equal to 105% 
        of the average of the 
        middle market quotations 
        for an Ordinary Share 
        as derived from the London 
        Stock Exchange for the 
        five business days immediately 
        preceding the day on 
        which such share is contracted 
        to be purchased; 
        (d) unless previously 
        renewed, varied or revoked 
        by the Company in a general 
        meeting, the authority 
        hereby conferred shall 
        expire on 4 September 
        2020 or, if earlier, 
        on the date of the next 
        annual general meeting 
        of the Company; 
        (e) the Company may make 
        a contract to purchase 
        its Ordinary Shares under 
        the authority hereby 
        conferred prior to the 
        expiry of such authority, 
        which contract will or 
        may be executed wholly 
        or partly after the expiry 
        of such authority, and 
        may purchase its Ordinary 
        Shares in pursuance of 
        any such contract; 
        (f) the Directors provide 
        a statement of solvency 
        in accordance with Articles 
        55 and 57 of the Law; 
        and 
        (g) such shares are acquired 
        for cancellation or to 
        be held as treasury shares 
        in accordance with Article 
 13.    58A of the Law.                    82,248,749   100.00       0       0.00      219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
       The directors of the 
        Company are empowered 
        to allot equity securities 
        pursuant to the Articles 
        as if Article 3 (pre-emption 
        rights) of the Articles 
        did not apply to such 
        allotment, such power 
        being limited to: 
        (a) the allotment of 
        equity securities in 
        connection with an issue 
        or offering in favour 
        of holders of equity 
        securities and any other 
        persons entitled to participate 
        in such issue or offering 
        where the equity securities 
        respectively attributable 
        to the interests of such 
        holders and persons are 
        proportionate (as nearly 
        as may be) to the respective 
        number of equity securities 
        held by or deemed to 
        be held by them on the 
        record date of such allotment, 
        subject only to such 
        exclusions or other arrangements 
        as the directors may 
        consider necessary or 
        expedient; and 
        (b) otherwise than pursuant 
        to (a), the allotment 
        of equity securities 
        up to an aggregate maximum 
        of 9,736,842 Ordinary 
        Shares, such power to 
        expire at the earlier 
        of the conclusion of 
        the next annual general 
        meeting of the Company 
        or at close of business 
        on 4 September 2020 (unless 
        previously renewed, varied 
        or revoked by the Company 
 14.    prior to or on that date).         82,248,528   100.00      221      0.00      219 
      ----------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ---------- 
 

Resolutions 1, 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions.

A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes against the resolution.

For further information, please contact:

 
 TruFin plc 
  Henry Kenner, Chief Executive Officer 
  James van den Bergh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer    0203 743 1340 
 
 Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (NOMAD and joint 
  broker) 
  Alex Reynolds 
  Nicholas Harland                                       0203 037 2000 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited (Joint broker) 
  Chris Clarke 
  Trystan Cullen 
  Louis Davies                                           0203 100 2000 
 
 Blue Pool Communications (PR) 
  Nicholas Lord                                          07501 271 083 
 

About TruFin plc:

TruFin plc is the holding company for an operating group of companies that are niche lenders and early payment providers. The TruFin Group combines the benefits of both the traditional relationship banking model and developments in the fintech sector. The Company was admitted to AIM in February 2018 and trades under the ticker symbol: TRU. More information is available on the Company website www.TruFin.com

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