15 Feb 2017 16:06
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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15 February 2017
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The Company announces that it has received the following TR-1 Notification which is set out below.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | S | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ¨ | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ¨ | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ¨ | ||||
Other (please specify): | ¨ | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | |||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 13 February, 2017 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 February, 2017 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 5%
Total holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 5%
Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 5%
Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 5% | ||||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GG00BYYJCZ96 | 12,960,000 | 12,960,000 | N/A | N/A | Below 5% | N/A | Below 5% | |||||||||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
N/A | Below 5% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
See Annex 1 | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | ||
13. Additional information: | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team | |
14. Contact name: | Marc-Oliver Lesch | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 3650 | |
Annex 1 |
Name | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | |||
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | |||
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | |||
BlackRock Group Limited | |||
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | |||
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
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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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