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RNS Number : 0672O  Polar Capital Holdings PLC  28 September 2023

28 September 2023
 

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 28 September 2023

 

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions
proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held at 2.00 pm on 28 September
2023 were passed on a poll including all valid proxies submitted prior to the
meeting.

The following table indicates the number of votes cast by poll for each of the
resolutions.  The total issued share capital at the date of the meeting was
101,195,879 ordinary shares with voting rights of one vote per share.  There
were no shares held in Treasury.  A total of 58,326,872 votes were lodged
(including the withheld votes) on each of the undernoted resolutions. Votes
withheld do not constitute votes in law and are not counted in the number of
votes for or against any resolution.

Resolutions 14 and 15 had been passed as special resolutions. In accordance
with section 30 of the Companies Act, copies of these resolutions will be
submitted to Companies House for addition to the Company register.

The full text and explanation of the business was provided in the Notice of
Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapital.co.uk
(http://www.polarcapital.co.uk)

 

 

 Resolution                                                                      Shares For                  %       Shares Against  %      Votes Withheld

                                                                                 (including discretionary)
 1. To receive the Annual Report and Audited financial statements for the year   58,193,893                  100.00  440             0.00   132,539
 ended 31 March 2023
 2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report for the year ended  57,527,265                  98.66   782,018         1.34   17,589
 31 March 2023
 3. To re-elect Laura Ahto as a Director                                         57,951,123                  99.82   105,417         0.18   270,332
 4. To re-elect Anand Aithal as a Director                                       55,932,444                  99.37   354,549         0.63   2,039,879
 5. To re-elect Samir Ayub as a Director                                         58,244,836                  99.93   39,761          0.07   42,275
 6.  To re-elect Alexa Coates as a Director                                      56,194,200                  96.38   2,107,981       3.62   24,691
 7 To re-elect David Lamb as a Director                                          58,214,172                  99.84   92,368          0.16   20,332
 8 To re-elect Win Robbins  as a Director                                        58,006,630                  99.49   298,060         0.51   22,182
 9. To re-elect Gavin Rochussen as a Director                                    58,278,206                  99.95   28,334          0.05   20,332
 10. To re-elect Andrew Ross as a Director                                       58,213,919                  99.84   92,523          0.16   20,430
 11. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as Auditors                          58,199,313                  99.81   113,515         0.19   14,044
 12. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors'        58,103,697                  99.63   214,377         0.37   8,798
 remuneration
 13. To allot shares                                                             57,956,596                  99.39   353,314         0.61   16,962
 14. To disapply pre-emption rights                                              50,315,449                  86.56   7,810,037       13.44  201,386
 15. To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares                         58,134,854                  99.98   14,510          0.02   177,508

 

 

 Enquiries:

 

 Neil Taylor         +44 (0)20 7227 2700

 Company Secretary

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