Polar Capital Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3197W)

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RNS Number : 3197W

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

31 July 2018

31 July 2018

Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs)/Persons Closely Associated (PCAs)

The Group was notified on 31 July 2018 that Ms Alexa Coates, Non-executive Director, bought 2,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") for her beneficial holding at 674.00p per share. Following this transaction Ms Coates is interested in a total of 2,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                Alexa Coates 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                     Non-Executive Director 
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 b)    Initial notification                Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
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 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)    Name                                Polar Capital Holdings plc 
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 b)    LEI                                 549300OXX7YE1947B825 
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 4     Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
        (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
        (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
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 a)    Description of the                  Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                 GB00B1GCLT25 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction           Purchase 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                            Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
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    674.00 pence                                                     2,000 
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 d)    Aggregated information              Single transaction as in 4 c) above 
 
  - Aggregated volume                 2,000 
 
  - Price                             674.00 pence 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction             31-07-2018 
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 f)    Place of the transaction            London Stock Exchange, AIM, XLON 
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Enquiries:

Polar Capital

Gavin Rochussen / John Mansell / Neil Taylor

[phone]

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