Admission to Trading on London Stock Exchange
1 July 2013
Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to US Persons or into or within the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada, the Republic of Ireland or Japan.
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc
Admission to Trading on the London Stock Exchange
Further to its announcement on 28 June 2013, the Board of Directors of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that (i) 153,000,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company have today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the ticker "PCFT"; and (ii) 30,600,000 subscription shares of 1 pence each in the Company have today been admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the ticker "PCFS". The ISIN for the ordinary shares is GB00B9XQT119 and for the subscription shares is GB00B9XQV370.
Each ordinary share has one vote; therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company following the Issue will be 153,000,000. This figure may be used by shareholders 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, Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact
Polar Capital
John Regnier-Wilson/Neil Taylor 020 7227 2700
Panmure Gordon & Co
Paul Fincham/Jonathan Becher 020 7886 2500
This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the securities of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc (the "Company", and such securities, the "Securities") in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada, the Republic of Ireland or Japan, or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale would be unlawful.
The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and, as such, holders of the Securities will not be entitled to the benefits of the Investment Company Act. No offer, sale, resale, pledge, delivery, distribution or transfer of the Securities may be made except under circumstances that will not result in the Company being required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, taken up, exercised, renounced, delivered, distributed or transferred, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act ("US Persons") except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and in a manner which would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act. No public offering of the Securities is being made in the United States.
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