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RNS Number : 6750F  Polar Capital Holdings PLC  25 September 2024

25 September
2024

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 25 September 2024

 

 

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 25 September
2024 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
101,548,934 ordinary shares with voting rights of one vote per share.  There
were no shares held in Treasury.  A total of 47,314,564 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 or
percentage 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 lodging on 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    47,131,658                 100.00  617             0.00  182,289
 ended 31 March 2024
 2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report for the year ended  46,283,668                  98.00   942,410         2.00  88,486
 31 March 2024
 3. To re-elect Laura Ahto as a Director                                         47,112,476                  99.61   184,735         0.39  17,353
 4. To re-elect Anand Aithal as a Director                                       44,264,746                  93.59   3,032,367       6.41  17,451
 5. To re-elect Samir Ayub as a Director                                         47,258,362                  99.97   14,036          0.03  42,166
 6.  To re-elect Alexa Coates as a Director                                      44,284,771                  93.63   3,012,440       6.37  17,353
 7. To re-elect David Lamb as a Director                                         47,118,222                  99.62   178,989         0.38  17,353
 8. To re-elect Win Robbins as a Director                                        46,922,839                  99.21   374,372         0.79  17,353
 9. To re-elect Gavin Rochussen as a Director                                    47,272,005                  99.95   22,708          0.05  19,851
 10. To re-elect Andrew Ross as a Director                                       47,126,663                  99.64   170,548         0.36  17,353
 11. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors                           47,276,677                  99.95   24,646          0.05  13,241
 12. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors'        47,173,913                  99.73   128,212         0.27  12,439
 remuneration
 13. To allot shares                                                             46,898,716                  99.17   390,879         0.83  24,969
 14. To disapply pre-emption rights                                              46,801,727                  99.41   278,329         0.59  234,508
 15. To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares                         47,131,658                  100.00  617             0.00  182,289

 

 

 Enquiries:

 

 Tracey Lago         +44 (0)20 7227 2700

 Company Secretary

 

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