Result of General Meeting
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27 November 2025
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc (the "Company")
Results of General Meeting
Subsequent to the Company's circular published on 22 October 2025 (the "Circular"), in which proposals were put forward to:
· make a Tender Offer of up to 100 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares of the Company (excluding Shares held in Treasury);
· amend the Existing Articles to extend the Company's life indefinitely and provide for subsequent tenders at five-yearly intervals; and
· authorise the Company to reissue Ordinary Shares held in Treasury at a price below the NAV per Share but above the Tender Price,
the Company held the General Meeting today at which all three resolutions were passed on a poll.
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of the General Meeting was 124,149,256 (of which 2,879,256 are held in Treasury) and the number of total voting rights (TVR) was 121,270,000 of which a total of 55.9% were voted in the poll.
The results of the General Meeting were as follows:
|
|
Votes For (including discretionary) |
% of Votes cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes cast |
Total Votes Cast (excluding withheld) |
% of TVR |
Withheld Votes |
|
Resolution 1 - Tender Offer |
62,859,139 |
92.58 |
5,036,675 |
7.42 |
67,895,814 |
55.99 |
43,622 |
|
Resolution 2 - Amendment of Articles |
62,239,884 |
91.68 |
5,645,573 |
8.32 |
67,885,457 |
55.98 |
53,979 |
|
Resolution 3 - Re-issue Ordinary Shares from Treasury |
62,850,844 |
92.57 |
5,047,509 |
7.43 |
67,898,353 |
55.99 |
41,083 |
It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law.
Accordingly, the expected timetable for completion of the Tender Offer is set out below.
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF EVENTS
|
Calculation Date |
Close of business on 27 November 2025 |
|
Announcement of final results of the Tender Offer and the Tender Price |
1 December 2025 |
|
Repurchase of Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer |
2 December 2025 |
|
CREST accounts credited in respect of Tender Offer proceeds for uncertificated Ordinary Shares |
by 5 December 2025 |
|
Cheques despatched in respect of Tender Offer proceeds for certificated Ordinary Shares |
by 12 December 2025 |
|
Despatch of balancing share certificates (in respect of certificated Shares) for revised, certificated holdings |
by 12 December 2025 |
|
|
|
Each of the times and dates in the expected timetable above may be extended or brought forward without further notice. If any of the above times and/or dates change, the revised time(s) and/or date(s) will be notified to Shareholders by a Regulatory Information Service announcement. All references are to London time (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
A copy of the resolutions, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The full text of the Proposals and of the resolutions proposed to Shareholders was set out in the Circular to Shareholders dated and published on 22 October 2025, and is available on the Company's website at: https://www.polarcapitalglobalhealthcaretrust.co.uk/.
Capitalised terms shall have the meaning attributed to them in the Circular unless otherwise defined in this announcement.
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For further information please contact: |
Lisa Arnold - Chair Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc (contact via the Company Secretary)
John 'Reg' Regnier-Wilson / Richard Oates Polar Capital Investment Trust Sales
Alex Collins / Michael Janes / Ashwin Kohli Panmure Liberum Limited Corporate Broker |
Tel. 020 7227 2742
Tel. 020 7227 2725
Tel. 020 3100 2000 |
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