Top Ten Equity Holdings and Exposures

RNS Number : 9977O
Polar Capital Global Health Tst PLC
07 October 2019
 

7th October 2019

 

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

 

Top Ten Equity Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposure as at 30th September 2019 and full portfolio listing as at 30th August 2019 available from the company's website

 

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc is pleased to announce that as at 30th September 2019 the top ten equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:

 

Top 10 Holdings         

%

Merck & Co

6.3%

Sanofi

5.2%

Novo Nordisk A/S

4.8%

Abbott Laboratories

3.8%

Eli Lilly & Co

3.7%

Koninklijke Philips

3.6%

Danaher

3.5%

Cigna Corp

3.3%

Grifols SA

3.3%

Bio-Rad Laboratories

3.1%

Total

40.7%

 

 

Sector Exposure

%

Healthcare Equipment

36.8%

Pharmaceuticals

26.9%

Biotechnology

14.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

12.9%

Healthcare Services

5.7%

Managed Healthcare

4.1%

Healthcare Facilities

3.7%

Healthcare Supplies

1.7%

Healthcare Technology

0.7%

Healthcare Distributors

0.7%

Cash

-7.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

Geographic Exposure

%

United States

74.9%

Denmark

8.5%

France

5.8%

United Kingdom

5.4%

Netherlands

3.6%

Spain

3.3%

Switzerland

2.5%

Japan

1.5%

Italy

1.1%

Canada

0.4%

Cash

-7.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 7.2%. Gearing is made up of structural debt provided by the subsidiary company PCGH ZDP plc, through the issue of zero dividend preference shares.

 

 

The monthly factsheet will usually be available on the Company's website on the 10th working day after the month end and includes a commentary by the investment manager.  www.Polarcapitalhealthcaretrust.com

 

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


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