Polar Capital Global Financials Tst Director/PDMR Shareholding (7896S)

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RNS Number : 7896S

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

13 March 2019

13 March 2019

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

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

The Company was notified on 13 March 2019 that Mr Robert Kyprianou, Non-executive Chairman, bought 885 ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") following an automatic dividend reinvestment for his personal holding at the aggregate price of 128.0p per share. Following this transaction Mr Kyprianou is interested in a total of 67,456 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                Robert Kyprianou 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                     Non-executive Chairman 
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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 Global Financials Trust 
                                            plc 
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 b)    LEI                                 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41 
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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 5p each 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                 GB00B9XQT119 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction           Acquisition following dividend reinvestment 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                            Price(s)                       Volume(s) 
                                           -----------------------------  ---------------- 
    128.0 pence per 
     share                                                                 885 
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 d)    Aggregated information              Single transaction as in 4 c) above 
 
  - Aggregated volume                 885 
 
  - Price                             128.0 pence 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction             12-03-2019 
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 f)    Place of the transaction            London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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Enquiries:

Tracey Lago

Company Secretary

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc

Telephone Number: 020 7227 2700

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