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RNS Number : 3086W
Funding Circle SME Income Fund Ltd
13 November 2017
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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13 November 2017
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 Limited
of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:
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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 X
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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
Name Aggregate of Standard Life
Aberdeen plc affiliated investment
management entities with
delegated voting rights on
behalf of multiple managed
portfolios
City and country of registered Edinburgh, Scotland
office (if applicable)
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 08/11/2017
was crossed or reached(vi)
:
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6. Date on which issuer notified 10/11/2017
(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 6.74 0.37 7.11 308,259,765
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Position
of previous
notification
(if
applicable) 8.31 0.57 8.88
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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)
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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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GG00BYYJCZ96 20,638,442 6.70
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GG00BYNV2672 147,500 0.04
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SUBTOTAL
8. A
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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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Rights to
recall lent
shares 1,128,768 0.37
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SUBTOTAL 8.
B 1 1,128,768 0.37
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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 rights through if it equals
if it financial instruments or is higher
equals if it equals than the notifiable
or is or is higher threshold
higher than the notifiable
than the threshold
notifiable
threshold
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Standard Life Investments
Limited 2.16 0.00 2.16
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Standard Life Wealth
Limited 0.20 0.00 0.20
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Aberdeen Asset Investments
Limited 0.05 0.00 0.05
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Aberdeen Asset Managers
Limited 4.33 0.37 4.70
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder N/A
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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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In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed
by the named discretionary investment management entity
within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients,
based on investment management agreements whereby the
client has delegated the exercise of the voting power
to the referenced investment manager.
This disclosure is to reflect the fact that the underlying
investment management entity Aberdeen Asset Managers
Limited crossed through a notifiable threshold due to
trading on 8 November 2017. The threshold crossed was
5% and Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited managed 5.11%
shares in Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited prior
to this crossing.
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Place of completion Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Date of completion 10/11/2017
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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
Nathan Brown / Harry Trueman
+44 (0) 207 260 1000
n.brown@numis.com / h.trueman@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 ISIN number of the C Shares is GG00BYNV2672, the SEDOL code
is BYNV267 and the TIDM is FCIC.
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
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territories or possessions, any state of the United States of
America and the District of Columbia) (the "United States"), or
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Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the US
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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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