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Issue of Scrip Dividend Shares

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RNS Number : 3843D
Funding Circle SME Income Fund Ltd
26 April 2017
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO

THE UNITED STATES

 

26 April 2017

 

Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited

 

Issue of scrip dividend shares

 

Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited (the "Company") announces that application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for 612,236 Ordinary Shares of no par value in the capital of the Company (the "Shares"), to be listed to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

 

The Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company's scrip dividend alternative in respect of the dividend for the quarter ended 31 March 2017 and will rank pari passu with the existing issued Ordinary Shares of the Company. Dealings in the Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 2 May 2017.

 

Following the admission of the Shares, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 165,582,299 Ordinary Shares and 142,000,000 C Shares. Under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, at any general meeting of the Company each Share (Ordinary Share or C Share) shall have one vote. Accordingly, the figure which may be used by the Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules is the aggregate of Ordinary Shares and C Shares, 307,582,299 shares. Similarly, shareholders should aggregate their holdings of Ordinary Shares and C Shares to calculate the relevant number of voting rights for the numerator.

 

CONTACTS

 

Richard Boleat, Chairman

+44 (0) 1534 615 656

Richard.Boleat@fcincomefund.com 

 

Secretary and Administrator

Sanne Group (Guernsey) Limited

FundingCircle@sannegroup.com 

+44 (0) 1481 739810

 

Media Contact

David de Koning

Natasha Jones

+44 (0) 20 3667 2245

ir@fundingcircle.com 

 

Corporate Brokers

Numis Securities

Nathan Brown

+44 (0) 207 260 1000

n.brown@numis.com 

 

Website

www.fcincomefund.com  

 

Investor Relations

Ritchie Oriol

+44 (0) 20 3667 2242

ir@fcincomefund.com

 

DEALING CODES

The ISIN number of the Ordinary Shares is GG00BYYJCZ96, the SEDOL code is BYYJCZ9 and the TIDM is FCIF.

The ISIN number of the C Shares is GG00BYNV2672, the SEDOL code is BYNV267 and the TIDM is FCIC.

 

ABOUT FUNDING CIRCLE SME INCOME FUND

 

The Company is a registered closed-ended collective investment scheme registered pursuant to the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended and the Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules 2015 issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (''GFSC'').

 

The Company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with a sustainable and attractive level of dividend income, primarily by way of investment in Credit Assets as defined in the Company's Prospectus. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

This announcement contains "forward-looking" statements, beliefs or opinions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and all of which are based on its directors' current beliefs and expectations about future events. Forward-looking statements are sometimes identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "expects", "may", "will", "could", "should", "shall", "risk", "intends", "estimates", "aims", "plans", "predicts", "projects", "continues", "assumes", "positioned" or "anticipates" or the negative thereof, other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events, assumptions or intentions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materially from actual results. They appear in a number of places throughout this announcement and include statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or current expectations of the Board or the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company's business concerning, amongst other things, the financial performance, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies of the Company. These forward-looking statements and other statements contained in this announcement regarding matters that are not historical facts involve predictions. No assurance can be given that such future results will be achieved; actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks and uncertainties facing the Company. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement. Nothing in this announcement is, or should be relied on as, a promise or representation as to the future. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law, the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules or the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules of the FCA. No statement in this announcement is intended as a forecast or profit estimate.

 

Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be made or transmitted into the United States of America (including its territories or possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia) (the "United States"), or distributed, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to US Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken or transmitted directly or indirectly into Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or to any persons in any of those jurisdictions, except in compliance with applicable securities laws. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of United States, Australian, Canadian, Japanese or South African securities laws. The distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.


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