Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited Ordinary Shares (FCIF) - November 2017 monthly report

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14 December 2017

Net Asset Value ("NAV") - Ordinary Shares (ISIN GG00BYYJCZ96)

At 30^th November 2017, the NAV attributable to the Ordinary Shares of Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited (the "Company") was £168.69m (31^st October 2017: £167.80m).  The NAV per Ordinary Share as at 30^th November 2017 was 101.46 pence (31^st October 2017: 100.93 pence).

The NAV total return in November 2017 was 0.5% (October 2017: 0.4%).

The Company has published its monthly factsheet to the end of November 2017, containing information about the Company's financial position, performance and prospects, which is available at the Company's website at http://fcincomefund.com/documents/.

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

press@fundingcircle.com

Corporate Broker

Numis Securities

Nathan Brown

+44 (0) 207 260 1000

n.brown@numis.com 

Investor Relations

ir@fcincomefund.com

Website

www.fcincomefund.com  

The LEI number of the Company is 549300ZQIYQVNIZGOW60.

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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. 

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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.

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