Polar Capital Holdings PLC Result of AGM (7722V)

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RNS Number : 7722V

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

25 July 2018

25 July 2018

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 25 July 2018

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held on 25 July 2018 were passed on a show of hands.

At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting which was held earlier today Mr Tim Woolley, Co-Founder and former Chief Executive, retired as a Director. Mr Hugh Aldous, Chair of the Audit Committee, also retired from the Board having served 11 years.

The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below.

Proxy voting table Total issued shares at date of meeting: 93,645,541

 
     Resolution                       For         Against       Discretionary       Abstain /         Total Votes Cast 
                                                                                     Withheld       (Including Abstain 
                                                                                                           / Withheld) 
     1. To receive the 
      Annual Report and 
      the Audited 
      Accounts 
      for the year ended 
      31 March 2018            60,331,982               0           4,764,308           3,392               65,099,682 
     2. To approve 
      Directors' 
      Remuneration 
      Report                   53,259,647       7,075,727           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
     3. To elect Gavin 
      Rochussen as a 
      director                 60,333,114           1,000           4,764,308           1,260               65,099,682 
     4. To re-appoint 
      Ernst & Young LLP 
      as Auditors              60,334,114           1,260           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
     5. To authorise the 
      Directors to 
      determine 
      the auditors' 
      remuneration             60,334,114           1,260           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
     6. To allot shares        60,332,911           2,463           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
     7. To disapply 
      pre-emption 
      rights                   60,332,271           3,103           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
     8. To authorise the 
      Company to 
      buy-back 
      its own shares           60,332,866           2,508           4,764,308               0               65,099,682 
 

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the notice of the Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website, www.polarcapital.co.uk

Enquiries:

 
       Neil Taylor 
        Company Secretary        [phone] 
 

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