Result of AGM

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

28 September 2023

 

28 September 2023                                                              

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 28 September 2023

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held at 2.00 pm on 28 September 2023 were passed on a poll including all valid proxies submitted prior to the meeting.

The following table indicates the number of votes cast by poll for each of the resolutions.  The total issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 101,195,879 ordinary shares with voting rights of one vote per share.  There were no shares held in Treasury.  A total of 58,326,872 votes were lodged (including the withheld votes) on each of the undernoted resolutions. Votes withheld do not constitute votes in law and are not counted in the number of votes for or against any resolution.

Resolutions 14 and 15 had been passed as special resolutions. In accordance with section 30 of the Companies Act, copies of these resolutions will be submitted to Companies House for addition to the Company register. 

The full text and explanation of the business was provided in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapital.co.uk

Resolution	Shares For (including discretionary)	%	Shares Against	%	Votes Withheld
1. To receive the Annual Report and Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023	58,193,893	100.00	440	0.00	132,539
2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report for the year ended 31 March 2023	57,527,265	98.66	782,018	1.34	17,589
3. To re-elect Laura Ahto as a Director	57,951,123	99.82	105,417	0.18	270,332
4. To re-elect Anand Aithal as a Director	55,932,444	99.37	354,549	0.63	2,039,879
5. To re-elect Samir Ayub as a Director	58,244,836	99.93	39,761	0.07	42,275
6.  To re-elect Alexa Coates as a Director	56,194,200	96.38	2,107,981	3.62	24,691
7 To re-elect David Lamb as a Director	58,214,172	99.84	92,368	0.16	20,332
8 To re-elect Win Robbins  as a Director	58,006,630	99.49	298,060	0.51	22,182
9. To re-elect Gavin Rochussen as a Director	58,278,206	99.95	28,334	0.05	20,332
10. To re-elect Andrew Ross as a Director	58,213,919	99.84	92,523	0.16	20,430
11. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as Auditors	58,199,313	99.81	113,515	0.19	14,044
12. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	58,103,697	99.63	214,377	0.37	8,798
13. To allot shares	57,956,596	99.39	353,314	0.61	16,962
14. To disapply pre-emption rights	50,315,449	86.56	7,810,037	13.44	201,386
15. To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares	58,134,854	99.98	14,510	0.02	177,508

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Neil Taylor Company Secretary

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Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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