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1 October 2021
Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs)/Persons Closely Associated (PCAs)
The Company was notified on 1 October 2021 that Mr Nicholas Farren, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, exercised a share option award under the Company's 2016 Sharesave Scheme (SAYE) (the "Scheme") as follows:
· 12,295 share options from share options granted in September 2016 at 244.0p per share
The Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) transferred 12,295 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") in full satisfaction of the option exercise to Mr Farren's nominated account.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Nicholas Farren
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| COO and person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Polar Capital Holdings plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 549300OXX7YE1947B825 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each | |||
Identification code | GB00B1GCLT25 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of Share Options under the 2016 Sharesave Scheme | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
244.0 pence | 12,295
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d)
| Aggregated information | Single transaction as in 4 c) above | |||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 01-10-2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off-Market | |||
Enquiries:
Polar Capital
Gavin Rochussen / John Mansell / Neil Taylor
+44 (0)207 227 2700