Result of AGM

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst
18 April 2024
 

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

 

Results of the 11th Annual General Meeting held at 2.00 pm on Thursday 18 April 2024

 

AGM Results

 

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were voted on and passed on a poll. The resolutions proposed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com

 

The following table indicates the number of votes lodged at or 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 331,750,000 and therefore the total voting rights is 305,125,205 shares, of which 69.9% of the voting rights were cast by proxy and Poll.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 11 and 12, 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

 

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 2023

 

213,586,841

4,034

26,183

2.   

To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report

 

213,533,577

46,336

37,145

3.   

To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director

 

211,507,730

2,065,392

43,936

4.   

To re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director

 

211,844,666

1,728,456

43,936

5.   

To elect Susie Arnott as a Director

 

211,836,929

1,736,193

43,936

6.   

To elect Angela Henderson as a Director

211,838,274

1,734,848

43,936

7.   

To approve the dividend policy

 

213,571,089

4,034

41,935

8.   

Tore-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

 

213,557,366

31,904

27,788

9.   

To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

 

213,578,449

12,076

26,533

10. 

To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares

 

213,578,523

12,002

26,533

11. 

To disapply pre-emption rights

 

213,252,322

337,533

27,203

12. 

To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares

 

213,451,516

145,401

20,141

 

Enquiries:

Jumoke Kupoluyi, ACG

 

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

 

18 April 2024

 

 

 

 

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