Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7279F

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

29 July 2016

 

POLAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS plc

RESULTS OF Annual General Meeting held on

FRIday 29 JULY 2016

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held on 29 July 2016 were unanimously passed on a show of hands.

The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below and a copy of the proxy voting will be available shortly from the Company's website, www.polarcapital.co.uk under "Corporate Information" in the investor relations section. 

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available both on the Company's website (www.polarcapital.co.uk) and on the National Storage Mechanism (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do)

For further enquiries:

Polar Capital Holdings plc Neil Taylor [phone]

Proxy voting table                                                     Total issued shares: 91,244,501

Resolution	For	Against	Discretionary	Abstain / Withheld	Total Votes Cast (Including Abstain / Withheld)
1. To receive the Annual Report and the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2016.	67,399,781	2,400	2,908	0	67,405,089
2. To re-elect Mr TH Bartlam as a Director	67,398,991	2,400	3,698	0	67,405,089
3. To re-elect Mr HGC Aldous as a Director	66,134,210	1,267,181	3,698	0	67,405,089
4. To re-elect Mr BJD Ashford-Russell as a Director	67,368,885	32,506	3,698	0	67,405,089
5. To re-elect Mr JMB Cayzer-Colvin as a Director	61,020,294	6,381,097	3,698	0	67,405,089
6. To re-elect Mr JB Mansell as a Director	67,368,885	32,506	3,698	0	67,405,089
7. To re-elect Mr TJ Woolley as  a Director	67,368,885	32,506	3,698	0	67,405,089
8. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	67,398,991	0	3,698	2,400	67,405,089
9. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	67,399,781	0	2,908	2,400	67,405,089
10. To approve the renewal of all employee share option plans	67,390,717	3,464	2,908	8,000	67,405,089
11. To allot shares	67,393,681	500	2,908	8,000	67,405,089
12. To disapply pre-emption rights	67,395,527	5,864	3,698	0	67,405,089
13. To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares	67,398,717	3,464	2,908	0	67,405,089

 

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