Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6558H

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

07 April 2022

 

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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 9^th Annual General Meeting held at 9:30 am on Thursday 7^th April 2022

AGM Results

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were voted on and passed on a poll. The resolutions proposed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website.

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 331 ,000,000 and therefore the total voting rights is 331 ,000,000 shares , of which 62% of the voting rights were cast by proxy.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 11 and 12, 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 2021	206,373,027	0	26,500
2.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	206,326,911	37,867	34,809
3.	T o re-elect Robert Kyprianou as a Director	202,755,431	2,647,445	996,711
4.	T o re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director	203,728,807	2,649,090	21,690
5.	T o re-elect Katrina Hart as a Director	203,734,418	2,643,479	21,690
6.	To elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director	206,352,546	12,076	34,965
7.	T o approve the dividend policy	206,382,532	3,801	13,254
8.	Tore-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	205,859,871	521,796	17,920
9.	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	205,950,952	428,175	20,460
10.	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	206,348,948	26,296	24,343
11.	To disapply pre-emption rights	206,316,022	52,222	31,343
12.	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	206,283,786	97,767	18,034

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, FCG

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

7 April 2022

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