Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8008M

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

01 August 2017

 

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

1 August 2017

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

The Company announces that following the exercise of all of their subscription share rights into new ordinary shares at 115p per share on 31 July 2017, the Directors' interests in the ordinary shares of the Company are as follows:

Director	Ordinary shares held prior to exercise date	Number of new ordinary shares resulting from the exercise of subscription share rights	Updated Directors' share interests
Robert Kyprianou	54,125	10,000	64,125
Joanne Elliott	25,000	5,000	30,000
Katrina Hart	46,700	5,000	51,700

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert Kyprianou
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc
b)	LEI	549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 5p each
	Identification code	GB00B9XQT119
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares through Exercise of Subscription Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			115.00 pence per share	10,000
d)	Aggregated information	Single transaction as in 4 c) above
	- Aggregated volume	10,000
	- Price	115.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	31-07-2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Joanne Elliott
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc
b)	LEI	549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 5p each
	Identification code	GB00B9XQT119
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares through Exercise of Subscription Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			115.00 pence per share	5,000
d)	Aggregated information	Single transaction as in 4 c) above
	- Aggregated volume	5,000
	- Price	115.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	31-07-2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Katrina Hart
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc
b)	LEI	549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 5p each
	Identification code	GB00B9XQT119
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares through Exercise of Subscription Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			115.00 pence per share	5,000
d)	Aggregated information	Single transaction as in 4 c) above
	- Aggregated volume	5,000
	- Price	115.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	31-07-2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago

Company Secretary

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc

Telephone Number: 020 7227 2700

 

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