Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7916U
Polar Capital Holdings PLC
16 July 2018
 

16 July 2018

 

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

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs)/Persons Closely Associated (PCAs) in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

 Gavin Rochussen 

2

Reason for Notification

a)

Position/status

Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

b)

LEI

549300OXX7YE1947B825

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 2.5 pence each in Polar Capital Holdings PLC

 


Identification code

GB00B1GCLT25

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award under the Company's 2016 Executive Incentive Plan as a conditional award. Subject to performance over 3 years and continued service, the award normally vests after 3 years. One third of the shares may be sold immediately with the two remaining thirds being subject to a retention requirement until respectively the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award date.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

233,918

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Not applicable - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

16 July 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

 John Mansell 

2

Reason for Notification

a)

Position/status

Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

b)

LEI

549300OXX7YE1947B825

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 2.5 pence each in Polar Capital Holdings PLC

 


Identification code

GB00B1GCLT25

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award under the Company's 2016 Executive Incentive Plan as a conditional award. Subject to performance over 3 years and continued service, the award normally vests after 3 years. One third of the shares may be sold immediately with the two remaining thirds being subject to a retention requirement until respectively the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award date.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

131,578

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Not applicable - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

16 July 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

 Iain Evans

2

Reason for Notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

b)

LEI

549300OXX7YE1947B825

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 2.5 pence each in Polar Capital Holdings PLC

 


Identification code

GB00B1GCLT25

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award under the Company's 2016 Executive Incentive Plan as a conditional award. Subject to performance over 3 years and continued service, the award normally vests after 3 years. One third of the shares may be sold immediately with the two remaining thirds being subject to a retention requirement until respectively the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award date.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

87,719

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Not applicable - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

16 July 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

Enquiries:                  

Polar Capital

John Mansell / Neil Taylor

+44 (0)207 227 2700

 

Canaccord Genuity (Nomad and Joint Broker)

Simon Bridges (QE)

Margarita Mitropoulou

+44 (0)207 523 8000

 


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