Result of AGM

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

18 April 2024

 

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

Results of the 11^th Annual General Meeting held at 2.00 pm on Thursday 18 April 2024

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 www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com

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 305,125,205 shares, of which 69.9% of the voting rights were cast by proxy and Poll.

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

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 for the year ended 30 November 2023	213,586,841	4,034	26,183
2.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	213,533,577	46,336	37,145
3.	To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director	211,507,730	2,065,392	43,936
4.	To re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director	211,844,666	1,728,456	43,936
5.	To elect Susie Arnott as a Director	211,836,929	1,736,193	43,936
6.	To elect Angela Henderson as a Director	211,838,274	1,734,848	43,936
7.	To approve the dividend policy	213,571,089	4,034	41,935
8.	Tore-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	213,557,366	31,904	27,788
9.	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	213,578,449	12,076	26,533
10.	To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares	213,578,523	12,002	26,533
11.	To disapply pre-emption rights	213,252,322	337,533	27,203
12.	To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares	213,451,516	145,401	20,141

Enquiries:

Jumoke Kupoluyi, ACG

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

18 April 2024

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