Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6031J

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

29 June 2017

 

29 June 2017

Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company was notified on 28 June 2017 that Mr Tim Woolley, Chief Executive of Polar Capital, sold 150,000 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding at 433.00p per share. Following this transaction Mr Woolley is interested in a total of 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 5.47% of the Company's issued share capital.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Tim Woolley
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
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 Holdings plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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 2.5p each
	Identification code	GB00B1GCLT25
b)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			433 pence	150,000
d)	Aggregated information	Single transaction as in 4 c) above
	- Aggregated volume	150,000
	- Price	433 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	28-06-2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

The Company was also notified on 28 June 2017 that Mr Brian Ashford-Russell, a Non-Executive Director of Polar Capital, sold 115,000 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding at 433.00p per share. Following this transaction Mr Ashford-Russell is interested in a total of 5,825,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 6.37% of the Company's issued share capital.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Brian Ashford-Russell
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 Holdings plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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 2.5p each
	Identification code	GB00B1GCLT25
b)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			433.00 pence	115,000
d)	Aggregated information	Single transaction as in 4 c) above
	- Aggregated volume	115,000
	- Price	433 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	28-06-2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries:

Polar Capital

John Mansell / Neil Taylor

[phone]

Canaccord Genuity (Nomad and Joint Broker)

Simon Bridges / Andrew Buchanan

[phone]

 

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