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Polar Capital Holdings PLC

29 July 2020

29 July 2020

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Result of AGM held on 28 July 2020

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

Polar Capital Holdings plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting ("AGM") held at 2.30 pm on 28 July 2020 were passed on a poll.

The following table indicates the number of valid proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. Votes withheld do not constitute votes in law and are not counted in the number of votes for or against any resolution.

The total issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 98,478,952 ordinary shares with voting rights of one vote per share. A total of 59,196,697 votes were lodged on each of the undernoted resolutions.

Copies of resolutions 14,15 and 16, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to Companies House.

All of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting are set out in the AGM Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapital.co.uk . There were no questions received on these resolutions prior to the meeting.

Mr Thomas Bartlam who had served as Chairman of the Company from 2007 to 2020 had not sought re-election and retired. Mr David Lamb has succeeded Mr Bartlam as Chairman of the Board from the end of the Meeting.

The Board wishes to record its appreciation for Mr Bartlam's service and guidance over the years.

 
     Resolution                            Shares            %           Shares          %         Votes Withheld 
                                             For                         Against 
     1. To receive the 
      Annual Report and 
      Audited financial 
      statements for 
      the year ended 
      31 March 2020                      59,159,756       100.00%          0           0.00%           36,941 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
     2. To approve Directors' 
      Remuneration Implementation 
      Report for the 
      year ended 31 March 
      2020                               59,165,171       99.99%         4,112         0.01%           27,414 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
     3. To elect David 
      Lamb as a director                 59,150,476       99.97%         17,374        0.03%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
     4. To elect Andrew 
      Ross as a director                 58,991,840       99.70%        176,010        0.30%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
     5. To re-elect 
      Gavin Rochussen 
      as a director                      59,143,256       99.96%         24,594        0.04%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  John Mansell as 
  a director                             59,140,013       99.95%         27,837        0.05%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Brian Ashford-Russell 
  as a director                          59,140,013       99.95%         27,837        0.05%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Jamie Cayzer Colvin 
  as a director                          58,965,013       99.66%        202,837        0.34%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  A lexa Coates as 
  a director                             59,165,139       100.00%        2,711         0.00%           28,847 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 10. To re-elect 
  Win Robbins as 
  a director                             59,165,139       99.99%         3,120         0.01%           28,438 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 11. To appoint 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  LLP as Auditors                        59,164,097       99.99%         5,307         0.01%           27,293 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  determine the auditors' 
  remuneration                           59,143,528       99.95%         27,760        0.05%           25,409 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 13. To allot shares                     59,162,020       99.99%         8,738         0.01%           25,939 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 14. To disapply 
  pre-emption rights                     59,153,740       99.98%         11,031        0.02%           31,926 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the Company to 
  buy-back its own 
  shares                                 59,138,521       99.98%         11,554        0.02%           46,622 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 16. To adopt new 
  Articles of Association                59,151,192       100.00%        1,894         0.00%           43,611 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 17. To increase 
  aggregate cap on 
  Directors fees 
  in the Articles 
  of Association                         59,079,195       99.88%         69,682        0.12%           47,820 
                                    ---------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
       Neil Taylor 
        Company Secretary        +44 (0)20 7227 2700 
 

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