1 Feb 2017 13:22
1 February 2017
Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
The Company was notified on 31 January 2017 that Mr Brian Ashford-Russell, a Non-executive Director of Polar Capital, sold 200,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") from his personal holding at 374.75p per share. Following this transaction Mr Ashford-Russell is interested in a total of 6,075,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 6.65% of the Company's issued share capital.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Brian Ashford-Russell
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Non-executive Director | |||
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
| N/A | |||
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
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
374.75 pence | 200,000 | ||||
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d)
| Aggregated information | Single transaction as in 4 c) above | |||
- Aggregated volume | 200,000 | ||||
- Price | 374.75 pence
Total Amount: £749,500 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 31-01-2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM, XLON | |||
Enquiries:
Polar Capital
John Mansell / Neil Taylor
+44 (0)207 227 2700
Canaccord Genuity (Nomad and Joint Broker)
Simon Bridges / Andrew Buchanan / Kit Stephenson
+44 (0)207 523 8000
Polar Capital (POLR)