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Polar Capital Global Financials Tst
10 April 2025
 

POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC

("the Company")

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300G5SWN8EP2P4U41

 

Results of the 12th Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 2.00 pm on Thursday 10th April 2025

 

Result of AGM

 

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were voted on and passed on a poll. The resolutions proposed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com

 

The following table indicates the number of votes lodged at or in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 331,750,000 and therefore the total voting rights is 303,219,365 shares, of which 51.9% of the voting rights were cast by proxy and Poll.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions 11 to 14, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Resolution

In favour (including votes at the Chair's discretion)

Against

Withheld

No

 

Number of shares

 

Number of shares

Number of shares

1.   

To receive the Annual Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2024

 

157,500,829

63,407

27,601

2.   

To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report

 

157,465,481

57,903

68,453

3.   

To re-elect Simon Cordery as a Director

 

154,703,441

2,828,270

60,126

4.   

To re-elect Cecilia McAnulty as a Director

 

156,421,102

1,110,609

60,126

5.   

To elect Susie Arnott as a Director

 

156,414,710

1,117,001

60,126

6.   

To elect Angela Henderson as a Director

156,413,444

1,118,267

60,126

7.   

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

 

157,442,261

113,428

36,148

8.   

To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

 

157,537,562

21,882

32,393

9.   

To approve the dividend policy

 

157,566,710

0

25,127

10. 

To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares

 

157,543,452

19,023

29,362

11. 

To disapply pre-emption rights

 

157,155,262

398,009

38,566

12. 

To grant the Company the authority to buy back its own ordinary shares

 

155,874,137

1,700,979

16,667

13. 

To approve the cancellation of the Company's share premium account

 

157,522,585

10,838

58,414

14. 

To approve the Company to hold general meetings (other than the AGM) on at least 14 clear days'

157,449,139

120,862

21,836

 

Enquiries:

Jumoke Kupoluyi, ACG

 

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

 

10 April 2025

 

 

 

 

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