Last checked at 1 Aug 2019 07:00
1 August 2019
Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")
Result of AGM held on 31 July 2019
Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held at 2.30 pm on 31 July 2019 were passed on a show of hands.
The following table indicates the number of valid proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. Votes withheld do not constitute votes in law and are not counted in the number of votes for or against any resolution.
The total issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 96,464,735 ordinary shares with voting rights of one vote per share. A total of 66,581,329 votes were lodged on each of the undernoted resolutions.
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Withheld |
1. To receive the Annual Report and the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019
| 66,576,402 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,927 |
2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report | 66,352,061 | 99.66 | 229,268 | 0.34 | 0 |
3. To elect Alexa Coates as a director | 66,574,787 | 99.99 | 3,914 | 0.01 | 2,628 |
4. To elect Quintin Price as a director | 66,574,990 | 99.99 | 3,711 | 0.01 | 2,628 |
5. To re-elect Gavin Rochussen as a director | 66,561,805 | 99.97 | 16,896 | 0.03 | 2,628 |
6. To re-elect John Mansell as a director
| 66,546,833 | 99.95 | 31,868 | 0.05 | 2,628 |
7 To re-elect Brian Ashford-Russell as a director
| 66,559,297 | 99.97 | 19,404 | 0.03 | 2,628 |
8. To re-elect Jamie Cayzer Colvin as a director | 61,008,038 | 91.63 | 5,571,691 | 8.37 | 1,600 |
9 To re-elect Tom Bartlam as a director | 62,616,287 | 97.96 | 1,303,445 | 2.04 | 2,661,597 |
10 To re-elect Win Robbins as a director | 66,575,787 | 100.00 | 2,914 | 0.00 | 2,628 |
11 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | 66,573,131 | 99.99 | 8,198 | 0.01 | 0 |
12 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 66,566,102 | 99.98 | 15,227 | 0.02 | 0 |
13 To allot shares | 66,576,425 | 99.99 | 4,904 | 0.01 | 0 |
14. To disapply pre-emption rights | 66,565,264 | 99.99 | 9,499 | 0.01 | 6,566 |
15 To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares | 66,565,433 | 99.99 | 4,108 | 0.01 | 11,788 |
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 | +44 (0)20 7227 2700 |