Result of AGM

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

26 March 2026

 

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 13^th Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 2.00 pm on Thursday 26 March 2026

Result of AGM

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were voted on and passed on a poll. The resolutions proposed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com

The following table indicates the number of votes lodged at or in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 331,750,000 Ordinary shares of 5p each. The Company holds 171,321,478 Ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights is 160,428,522 shares, of which 54.9% of the voting rights were cast by proxy and Poll.

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions 12 to 14, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Resolution		In favour (including votes at the Chair's discretion)	Against	Withheld
No		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1.	To receive the Annual Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2025	88,351,960	23,387	10,241
2.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	88,300,953	41,189	43,446
3.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	88,300,580	38,089	46,919
4.	To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director	87,457,307	895,474	32,807
5.	To re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director	87,582,722	770,059	32,807
6.	To elect Susie Arnott as a Director	87,582,722	770,059	32,807
7.	To elect Angela Henderson as a Director	87,582,722	770,059	32,807
8.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	88,301,255	70,619	13,714
9.	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	88,349,021	26,217	10,350
10.	To approve the dividend policy	88,367,345	8,002	10,241
11.	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	88,315,521	39,433	30,634
12.	To disapply pre-emption rights	88,303,222	67,029	15,337
13.	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	87,675,389	690,907	19,292
14.	To approve the Company to hold general meetings (other than the AGM) on at least 14 clear days'	88,235,761	138,874	10,953

Enquiries:

Kelly Nice, CG (Affiliated)

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

26 March 2026

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