Issue of Equity

Polar Capital Holdings Plc (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

16 May 2018

Issue of Equity

The Company announces the allotment of 14,763 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence ("Ordinary Shares") each fully paid under its block listing facility (Equity Incentive Plan). These shares have been allotted pursuant to the exercise of options by an employee of the Company. These shares were issued for cash on 16 May 2018 and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing shares in issue.

Following the issue of the new shares the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights will be 93,443,805. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The above figure of 93,443,805 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Polar Capital

Neil Taylor (Company Secretary)

+44 (0)20 7227 2700

Canaccord Genuity - Nomad and Joint Broker

Simon Bridges (QE)

Andrew Buchanan

+44 (0)20 7523 8350