Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7722V

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

25 July 2018

 

25 July 2018                                                                           

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 25 July 2018

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held on 25 July 2018 were passed on a show of hands.

At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting which was held earlier today Mr Tim Woolley, Co-Founder and former Chief Executive, retired as a Director.  Mr Hugh Aldous, Chair of the Audit Committee, also retired from the Board having served 11 years.

The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below. 

Proxy voting table                                                           Total issued shares at date of meeting: 93,645,541

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 2018	60,331,982	0	4,764,308	3,392	65,099,682
2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Report	53,259,647	7,075,727	4,764,308	0	65,099,682
3. To elect Gavin Rochussen as a director	60,333,114	1,000	4,764,308	1,260	65,099,682
4. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	60,334,114	1,260	4,764,308	0	65,099,682
5. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	60,334,114	1,260	4,764,308	0	65,099,682
6. To allot shares	60,332,911	2,463	4,764,308	0	65,099,682
7. To disapply pre-emption rights	60,332,271	3,103	4,764,308	0	65,099,682
8.  To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares	60,332,866	2,508	4,764,308	0	65,099,682

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the notice of the Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website, www.polarcapital.co.uk

 Enquiries:

Neil Taylor Company Secretary

[phone]

 

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