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RNS Number : 5754E  Polar Capital Global Financials Tst  10 April 2025

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

 

Results of the 12(th) Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 2.00 pm on
Thursday 10(th) April 2025

 

Result of AGM

 

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
(http://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 303,219,365 shares, of which 51.9% of the voting rights were cast by
proxy and Poll.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions 11 to 14, 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

 Resolution                                                                              In favour (including votes at the Chair'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  157,500,829                                            63,407            27,601
           30 November 2024

 2.        To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report      157,465,481                                            57,903            68,453

 3.        To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director                                       154,703,441                                            2,828,270         60,126

 4.        To re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director                                    156,421,102                                            1,110,609         60,126

 5.        To elect Susie Arnott as a Director                                           156,414,710                                            1,117,001         60,126

 6.        To elect Angela Henderson as a Director                                       156,413,444                                            1,118,267         60,126
 7.        To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                          157,442,261                                            113,428           36,148

 8.        To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration            157,537,562                                            21,882            32,393

 9.        To approve the dividend policy                                                157,566,710                                            0                 25,127

 10.       To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares                                 157,543,452                                            19,023            29,362

 11.       To disapply pre-emption rights                                                157,155,262                                            398,009           38,566

 12.       To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares        155,874,137                                            1,700,979         16,667

 13.       To approve the cancellation of the Company's share premium account            157,522,585                                            10,838            58,414

 14.       To approve the Company to hold general meetings (other than the AGM) on at    157,449,139                                            120,862           21,836
           least 14 clear days'

 

Enquiries:

Jumoke Kupoluyi, ACG

 

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

 

10 April 2025

 

 

 

 

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