Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9636M

Polar Capital Global Health Tst PLC

26 January 2021

 

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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300YV7J2TWLE7PV84

Results of the Company's 10^th Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

held at 2pm on Tuesday, 26 January 2021

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. As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 124,149,256 Ordinary shares of 25p each. The Company holds 2,879,256 Ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 121,270,000.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 11 and 12 (having been passed as special resolutions), will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Resolution	In favour*	Against	Withheld
1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements f or the year ended 30 September 2020	74,786,323	0	6,126
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report for the year ended 30 September 202 0	74,774,701	945	16,803
3.  To re-elect Lisa Arnold as a Director	58,989,321	645,014	15,158,114
4.  To re-elect Neal Ransome as a Director	74,053,901	732,421	6,126
5.  To elect Andrew Fleming as a Director	74,141,309	645,014	6,126
6.  To elect Jeremy Whitley as a Director	74,141,309	645,014	6,126
7.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	74,697,415	88,907	6,126
8.  To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	74,792,449	0	0
9.  To approve the Company's Dividend Policy	74,774,646	6,677	11,126
10.  To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	74,781,271	2,678	8,500
11.  To disapply pre-emption rights	74,742,024	41,977	8,448
12.  To grant the Company authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	74,704,841	87,607	0

*including votes at the Chairman's discretion

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, FCG

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc

020 7227 2700

https://www.polarcapitalhealthcaretrust.com

26 January 2021

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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