Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0079U

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

30 March 2021

 

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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 8^th Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on Tuesday 30 March 2021

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 161,950,000 shares .

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 2020	94,500,159	6,423	8,500
2	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	94,482,175	29,346	3,561
3	T o re-elect Robert Kyprianou as a Director	92,984,955	1,530,127	0
4	T o re-elect Joanne Elliott as a Director	92,986,449	1,528,633	0
5	T o re-elect Katrina Hart as a Director	92,986,449	1,528,633	0
6	To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director	92,984,955	1,530,127	0
7	T o approve the dividend policy	94,508,659	6,423	0
8	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	93,933,137	581,945	0
9	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	94,030,895	484,187	0
10	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	94,493,461	21,621	0
11	To disapply pre-emption rights	94,406,678	99,942	8,507
12	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	94,415,648	99,434	0

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, FCG

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

30 March 2021

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