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RNS Number : 4898I
Funding Circle SME Income Fund Ltd
21 March 2018
Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited (FCIF)
NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
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21 March 2018
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The Company announces that it has received the following TR-1
Notification which is set out below.
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant
issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i)
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1a. Identity of the issuer Funding Circle SME Income
or the underlying issuer Fund Ltd
of existing shares to which LEI: 549300ZQIYQVNIZGOW60
voting rights are attached(ii)
:
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer
(please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
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Non-UK issuer
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate
box or boxes with an "X")
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify)(iii) :
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv)
Name Invesco Ltd.
City and country of registered 1555 Peachtree Street NE,
office (if applicable) Suite 1800,
Atlanta, GA 30309 United
States
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)
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Name
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City and country of registered
office (if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold 19-03-2018
was crossed or reached(vi)
:
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6. Date on which issuer notified 21-03-2018
(DD/MM/YYYY):
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation
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% of voting % of voting Total of Total number
rights attached rights through both in % of voting
to shares financial (8.A + 8.B) rights of
(total of instruments issuer(vii)
8. A) (total of
8.B 1 + 8.B
2)
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Resulting
situation
on the date
on which
threshold
was crossed
or reached 28.67% 0 28.67% 307,745,501
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Position
of previous
notification
(if
applicable) 29.50% 0 29.50%
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the
date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii)
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type Number of voting rights(ix) % of voting rights
of
shares
ISIN code
(if possible)
GG00BYYJCZ96
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Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of (Art 10 of (Art 9 of (Art 10 of
Directive Directive Directive Directive
2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
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88,241,732 28.67%
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SUBTOTAL
8. A 88,241,732 28.67%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a)
of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date(x) Conversion rights that rights
Period(xi) may be acquired
if the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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SUBTOTAL 8.
B 1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
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Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number % of voting
financial date(x) Conversion or cash of voting rights
instrument Period settlement(xii) rights
(xi)
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to
the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is
not controlled by any natural person or legal entity
and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying)
issuer(xiii)
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which X
the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting
with the ultimate controlling natural person or
legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as
necessary)
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Name(xv) % of voting % of voting Total of both
rights if rights through if it equals
it equals financial instruments or is higher
or is higher if it equals than the notifiable
than the notifiable or is higher threshold
threshold than the notifiable
threshold
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Invesco Asset
Management Limited 28.67 % 0 28.67%
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder Invesco (UK) Ltd.
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The number and % of voting N/A
rights held
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The date until which the N/A
voting rights will be held
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11. Additional information(xvi)
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Place of completion Henley-on-Thames
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Date of completion 21-03-2018
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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 Brokers
Numis Securities Limited
Nathan Brown +44 (0) 207 260 1000
n.brown@numis.com
Website
www.fcincomefund.com
Investor Relations
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 LEI number of the Company is 549300ZQIYQVNIZGOW60. This
announcement falls under Class 2.3 of the DTR 6 Annex 1R
classifications.
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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.
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
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The distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be
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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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