Polar Capital Holdings PLC Result of AGM (7279F)

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RNS Number : 7279F

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

29 July 2016

POLAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS plc

RESULTS OF Annual General Meeting held on

FRIday 29 JULY 2016

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held on 29 July 2016 were unanimously passed on a show of hands.

The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below and a copy of the proxy voting will be available shortly from the Company's website, www.polarcapital.co.uk under "Corporate Information" in the investor relations section.

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available both on the Company's website (www.polarcapital.co.uk) and on the National Storage Mechanism (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do)

For further enquiries:

 
 Polar Capital Holdings plc 
  Neil Taylor 
  [phone] 
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Proxy voting table Total issued shares: 91,244,501

 
        Resolution             For        Against    Discretionary     Abstain        Total 
                                                                      / Withheld       Votes 
                                                                                       Cast 
                                                                                    (Including 
                                                                                      Abstain 
                                                                                    / Withheld) 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 1. To receive 
  the Annual 
  Report and 
  the Audited 
  Accounts 
  for the 
  year ended 
  31 March 
  2016.                     67,399,781     2,400         2,908            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 2. To re-elect 
  Mr TH Bartlam 
  as a Director             67,398,991     2,400         3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 3. To re-elect 
  Mr HGC Aldous 
  as a Director             66,134,210   1,267,181       3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 4. To re-elect 
  Mr BJD Ashford-Russell 
  as a Director             67,368,885    32,506         3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  Mr JMB Cayzer-Colvin 
  as a Director             61,020,294   6,381,097       3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  Mr JB Mansell 
  as a Director             67,368,885    32,506         3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Mr TJ Woolley 
  as a Director             67,368,885    32,506         3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 8. To re-appoint 
  Ernst & 
  Young LLP 
  as Auditors               67,398,991       0           3,698          2,400       67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 9. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to determine 
  the auditors' 
  remuneration              67,399,781       0           2,908          2,400       67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 10. To approve 
  the renewal 
  of all employee 
  share option 
  plans                     67,390,717     3,464         2,908          8,000       67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 11. To allot 
  shares                    67,393,681      500          2,908          8,000       67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 12. To disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                    67,395,527     5,864         3,698            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the Company 
  to buy-back 
  its own 
  shares                    67,398,717     3,464         2,908            0         67,405,089 
-------------------------  -----------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ------------- 
 

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