24 Jan 2017 14:09
24 January 2017
Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Further to the announcement made on 19th January 2017, that senior executives of Polar Capital Holdings plc would be prepared to sell ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") to Mr Gavin Rochussen, the Chief Executive designate of the Company, notification has been received of the following dealings.
The Company was notified on 23 January 2017 that Mr Tim Woolley, Chief Executive of Polar Capital, sold 350,000 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding at 300p per share. Following this transaction Mr Woolley is interested in a total of 5,150,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 5.63% of the Company's issued share capital.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Tim Woolley
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | |||
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
| Disposal of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
300 pence | 350,000 | ||||
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d)
| Aggregated information | Single transaction as in 4 c) above | |||
- Aggregated volume | 350,000 | ||||
- Price | 300 pence
Total Amount: £1,050,000 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 20-01-2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM | |||
The Company was also notified on 23 January 2017 that Mr Brian Ashford-Russell, a Non-executive Director of Polar Capital, sold 325,000 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding at 300p per share. Following this transaction Mr Ashford-Russell is interested in a total of 6,275,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 6.86% 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
| ||||
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
| Disposal of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
300 pence | 325,000 | ||||
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d)
| Aggregated information | Single transaction as in 4 c) above | |||
- Aggregated volume | 325,000 | ||||
- Price | 300 pence
Total Amount: £975,000 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 20-01-2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM | |||
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)