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The views expressed on this website represent the opinions of Findell Capital Partners, LP and the other participants in its anticipated solicitation (collectively, the “Participants”), which beneficially own shares of Oportun Financial Corporation (the“Company”) and are based on publicly available information with respect to the Company. The Participants recognize that there may be confidential information in the possession of the Company that could lead it or others to disagree with the Participants’ conclusions. The Participants reserve the right to change any of the opinions expressed herein at any time as they deem appropriate and disclaim any obligation to notify the market or any other party of any such changes. The Participants disclaim any obligation to update the information or opinions contained on this website.
Certain financial projections and statements made herein have been derived or obtained from filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or other regulatory authorities and from other third-party reports. Neither the Participants nor any of their affiliates shall be responsible or have any liability for any misinformation contained in any third-party SEC or other regulatory filing or third-party report. There is no assurance or guarantee with respect to the prices at which any securities of the Company will trade, and such securities may not trade at prices that may be implied herein. The estimates, projections and potential impact of the opportunities identified by the Participants herein are based on assumptions that the Participants believe to be reasonable as of the date of the materials on this website, but there can be no assurance or guarantee that actual results or performance of the Company will not differ, and such differences may be material. Stockholders and others should conduct their own independent investigation and analysis of those statements and communications and of the Company and any other companies to which those statements or communications may be relevant.
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THEPARTICIPANTS
Findell Capital Management LLC ("Findell"), together withthe other participants named herein, has filed a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be used to solicit votes for the election of Findell's slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Oportun Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
FINDELL STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS, INCLUDING A PROXY CARD, AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE ATHTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR.
The participants in the anticipated proxy solicitation are expected to be Findell, Findell Capital Partners, LP ("Findell Partners"), Finn Management GP LLC ("Findell Management"), Brian Finn and Warren Wilcox.
As of the date hereof, Findell Partners directly beneficially owns 2,131,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the"Common Stock"), of the Company, 1,000 shares of which are held in record name. As the investment manager of Findell Partners and certain separately managed accounts (the "Findell SMAs"), Findell may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,131,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly by Findell Partners and the 1,310,300 shares of Common Stock held in the Findell SMAs. As the general partner of Findell Partners, Findell GP may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,131,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly by Findell Partners. As the member and sole director of Findell and the managing member of Findell GP, Mr. Finn may bedeemed to beneficially own the 2,131,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly by Findell Partners and the 1,310,300 shares of Common Stock held in the Findell SMAs. As of the date hereof, Mr. Wilcox does not own any shares of Common Stock.
Former member of the board of directors of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), a debt collection and recovery company, and of InfoArmor, Inc., a provider of identity protection solutions, until its acquisition by Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL).
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Former Senior Executive at Onboard Partners LLC, a financial services company specializing in facilitating transactions between financial institutions and between financial institutions and affinity groups.
Former Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Mercury Financial LLC, a financial technology company providing Mastercard-branded credit cards and personal loans to sub-prime and middle-market consumers.
Former Executive in Residence at Happy Money, Inc., a consumer lending platform, and Head of Advisory Services at Visa Inc. (NYSE: V).
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