Top Ten Equity Holdings and Exposures

RNS Number : 9740K

Polar Capital Global Health Tst PLC

07 January 2021

 

7^th January 2021

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

Top Ten Equity Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposure as at 31^st December 2020 and full portfolio listing as at 30^th November 2020 is available from the company's website

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc is pleased to announce that as at 31^st December 2020 the top ten equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:

Top 10 Holdings	%
UnitedHealth Group	5.5%
Medtronic	4.2%
AstraZeneca	3.8%
Bristol Myers Squibb	3.8%
Becton Dickinson	3.7%
Koninklijke Philips	3.6%
Amgen	3.6%
Sanofi	3.6%
Roche	3.5%
Humana	3.4%
Total	38.7%

Sector Exposure	%
Healthcare Equipment	24.4%
Pharmaceuticals	22.8%
Biotechnology	16.8%
Life Sciences Tools & Services	12.9%
Managed Healthcare	10.9%
Healthcare Technology	3.3%
Healthcare Distributors	3.3%
Healthcare Supplies	3.0%
Healthcare Services	2.9%
Healthcare Facilities	1.9%
Cash	-2.1%
Total	100.0%

Geographic Exposure	%
United States	64.0%
Germany	7.8%
United Kingdom	5.5%
Switzerland	4.9%
Ireland	4.8%
Japan	4.7%
Netherlands	3.6%
France	3.6%
Sweden	1.9%
Denmark	1.3%
Cash	-2.1%
Total	100.0%

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 2.1%. Gearing is made up of structural debt provided by the subsidiary company PCGH ZDP plc, through the issue of zero dividend preference (ZDP) shares.

The ZDP asset cover as at 31^st December 2020 was 9.22x.

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

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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