Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8231U

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

30 March 2023

 

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 10^th Annual General Meeting held at 11:30 am on Thursday 30 March 2023

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 votes lodged at or 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 ,750,000 and therefore the total voting rights is 322 ,735,174 shares , of which 68.7% of the voting rights were cast by proxy.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 12 and 13, 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 2022	221,947,858	903	17,570
2.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	221,898,194	51,606	16,531
3.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	221,905,243	44,557	16,531
4.	T o re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director	191,455,343	30,498,618	12,370
5.	T o re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director	220,501,569	1,452,392	12,370
6.	T o elect Susie Arnott as a Director	221,937,307	10,454	18,570
7.	To elect Angela Henderson as a Director	221,946,209	1,552	18,570
8.	T o approve the dividend policy	221,958,685	903	6,743
9.	Tore-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	221,934,797	26,010	5,524
10.	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	221,938,662	22,145	5,524
11.	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	221,939,567	18,318	6,715
12.	To disapply pre-emption rights	221,827,671	74,014	62,915
13.	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	221,943,096	13,570	7,934

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago, FCG

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

30 March 2023

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