Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9488V

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

11 April 2019

 

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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 6^th Annual General Meeting held at 12.00pm on Thursday 11 April 2019

AGM Presentation

A presentation on the investment performance of the Company was given by Mr. Nick Brind, covering the portfolio and markets and including information on the portfolio as at 31 March 2019. A copy of this presentation will be available from the Company's website: www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com.  

AGM Results

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were passed unanimously on a show of hands, with the exception of resolution 7 where there was one vote against.

The following table indicates the number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 202,775,000.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 7 and 8, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

All of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting are set out in the AGM Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com.

Resolution		In favour (including votes at the chairman's discretion)	Against	Withheld
No		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2018	119,217,322	0	8,500
2	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	119,212,124	13,698	0
3	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	119,134,305	8,500	83,217
4	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	119,217,322	8,500	0
5	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	119,217,322	8,500	0
6	To approve the dividend policy	119,225,822	0	0
7	To disapply pre-emption rights	118,749,019	476,803	0
8	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	119,217,322	8,500	0

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, ACIS

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

11 April 2019

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