Issue of Equity Replacement

RNS Number : 9777Y

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

14 September 2015

 



General Text Amendment

The following amendment has been made to the 'Issue of Equity' announcement released on 14 September 2015 at 12:07 under RNS number 9679Y.

The announcement contained the expected date for the admission to AIM of the 284,443 New Ordinary Shares. The expected date of admission should be 18 September 2015, not 18 August 2015.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below.

Polar Capital Holdings Plc (the "Company")

14 September 2015

Issue of Equity

Application has been made to AIM for the admission of 284,443 new ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company to trading (the "New Shares"). The New Shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing shares in issue, have been allotted pursuant to the exercise of options by employees of the Company. Admission of the New Shares is expected to become effective on 18 September 2015.

Following the issue of the New Shares the total number of ordinary shares of 2.5p each (the "Ordinary Shares") in the Company with voting rights will be 89,895,417. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The above figure of 89,895,417 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Polar Capital

Neil Taylor (Company Secretary)              

[phone]

Canaccord Genuity

Roger Lambert

Sunil Duggal

Kit Stephenson

[phone]

 

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