Last checked at 25 Jul 2018 15:26
25 July 2018
Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")
Result of AGM held on 25 July 2018
Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held on 25 July 2018 were passed on a show of hands.
At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting which was held earlier today Mr Tim Woolley, Co-Founder and former Chief Executive, retired as a Director. Mr Hugh Aldous, Chair of the Audit Committee, also retired from the Board having served 11 years.
The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below.
Proxy voting table Total issued shares at date of meeting: 93,645,541
Resolution | For | Against | Discretionary | Abstain / Withheld | Total Votes Cast (Including Abstain / Withheld) |
1. To receive the Annual Report and the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018
| 60,331,982
| 0
| 4,764,308
| 3,392 | 65,099,682
|
2. To approve Directors' Remuneration Report | 53,259,647
| 7,075,727
| 4,764,308
| 0 | 65,099,682
|
3. To elect Gavin Rochussen as a director | 60,333,114
| 1,000
| 4,764,308
| 1,260 | 65,099,682
|
4. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | 60,334,114
| 1,260
| 4,764,308
| 0 | 65,099,682
|
5. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 60,334,114
| 1,260
| 4,764,308
| 0 | 65,099,682
|
6. To allot shares
| 60,332,911 | 2,463 | 4,764,308 | 0 | 65,099,682 |
7. To disapply pre-emption rights
| 60,332,271 | 3,103 | 4,764,308 | 0 | 65,099,682 |
8. To authorise the Company to buy-back its own shares
| 60,332,866 | 2,508 | 4,764,308 | 0 | 65,099,682 |
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 |