Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2658O

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

28 May 2020

 

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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 7^th Annual General Meeting held at 12.30pm on Thursday 28 May 2020

AGM Results

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were voted on and passed on a poll.

The following table indicates the number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 202 ,775,000, excluding those shares held in treasury, the total voting rights amounted to 123,270,765 shares .

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 12 and 13, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

All of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting are set out in the AGM Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com .

Resolution		In favour (including votes at the Chairman's discretion)	Against	Withheld
No		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report and the Financial Statements f or the year ended 30 November 2019	79,331,495	0	11,390
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration P olicy	78,799,681	540,314	2,890
3	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	79,326,318	13,677	2,890
4	T o elect Simon Cordery as a Director	79,329,423	10,572	2,890
5	T o re-elect Robert Kyprianou as a Director	78,784,995	555,000	2,890
6	T o re-elect Joanne Elliott as a Director	78,776,495	563,500	2,890
7	T o re-elect Katrina Hart as a Director	77,829,483	1,510,512	2,890
8	T o approve the dividend policy	79,339,995	0	2,890
9	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	79,247,411	9,567	85,907
10	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	79,331,495	8,500	2,890
11	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	79,329,423	10,572	2,890
12	To disapply pre-emption rights	79,326,220	13,775	2,890
13	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	79,329,423	10,572	2,890

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, FCG

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

28 May 2020

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