Polar Capital Holdings PLC Holding(s) in Company (7227X)

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RNS Number : 7227X

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

23 February 2017

 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                               Polar Capital Holdings PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                       S 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                                   .. 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic                                  .. 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                 .. 
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 Other (please                                                                                    .. 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                                      BlackRock, Inc. 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                   22 February, 2017 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                     23 February, 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                       Voting rights attached to shares holding 
  or                                                                          for BlackRock Investment Management 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                             (UK) Limited has gone below 5% 
 
                                                                             Total holding for BlackRock Investment 
                                                                             Management (UK) Limited has gone below 
                                                                                               5% 
 
                                                                            Voting rights attached to shares holding 
                                                                               for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 
                                                                                               5% 
 
                                                                             Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has 
                                                                                         gone below 5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering         transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number       Number       Number        Number of voting      % of voting rights 
                  of           of           of shares     rights                (x) 
                  Shares       Voting 
                               Rights 
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                                           Direct        Direct   Indirect     Direct    Indirect 
                                                         (xi)      (xii) 
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 GB00B1GCLT25    6,367,074    6,367,074    N/A           N/A      Below 5%     N/A       Below 5% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Expiration   Exercise/                  Number of voting      % of voting 
  financial      date          Conversion Period         rights that may        rights 
  instrument     (xiii)        (xiv)                     be 
                                                         acquired if the 
                                                         instrument is 
                                                         exercised/ 
                                                         converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting      % of voting rights 
  financial       price       date         Conversion     rights instrument     (xix, xx) 
  instrument                  (xvii)       period         refers to 
                                           (xviii) 
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                                                                               Nominal   Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights 
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 N/A                                       Below 5% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   See Annex 1 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                              BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting 
                                                                           Team 
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 14. Contact name:                                                         Marc-Oliver Lesch 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                             020 7743 3650 
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 Annex 1 
 
 
 Name                                % of voting       % of voting rights   Total of both 
                                      rights if it      through financial    if it equals 
                                      equals or is      instruments if       or is higher 

                                      higher than       it equals or         than the notifiable 
                                      the notifiable    is higher than       threshold 
                                      threshold         the notifiable 
                                                        threshold 
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 BlackRock, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
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 BlackRock International Holdings, 
  Inc. 
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 BR Jersey International Holdings 
  L.P. 
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 BlackRock Group Limited 
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 BlackRock Investment Management 
  (UK) Limited 
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