Block Listing Application

Polar Capital Holdings Plc (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

01 August 2017

Block Listing Application

Polar Capital Holdings Plc announces that an application ("the Application") has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the block listing of securities in respect of an aggregate total of 3,500,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM.

The Application relates to Ordinary Shares that may be issued from time to time in order to satisfy the potential exercise of share options granted under the executive and employee share incentive schemes listed below:

· The Polar Capital Holdings Plc Equity Incentive Plan (2007) (2,000,000 Ordinary Shares);

· The Polar Capital Holdings Plc 2016 Executive Incentive Plan (1,000,000 Ordinary shares); and

· The Polar Capital Holdings Plc Sharesave Scheme (500,000 Ordinary shares)

It is expected that admission will become effective on 04 August 2017.

When issued, the Ordinary Shares will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the capital of the Company.

As at today, there are 91,869,271 Ordinary Shares in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. The Company will notify on a monthly basis when there are changes to the issued share capital of the Company, and these monthly figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Polar Capital

Neil Taylor (Company Secretary)

+44 (0)20 7227 2700

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Simon Bridges (QE)

Andrew Buchanan

+44 (0)20 7523 8350