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| TIDM | PCGH |
| Share Price | 449.50p1.13% |
| Market Cap | £558.05m |
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc held its 14th Annual General Meeting on 13 February 2025, at which all 12 proposed resolutions were passed on a poll. Shareholders approved the re-election of directors Lisa Arnold, Neal Ransome, and Jeremy Whitley, the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors, and the Company's Dividend Policy. Resolutions 11 (to disapply pre-emption rights) and 12 (to grant authority to buy back shares) were passed as special resolutions, with 53% of the total 121,270,000 voting rights cast by proxy.
| Date | 13 Feb 2025 |
| Time | 16:56:21 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 0756X |
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc ("the Company")
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300YV7J2TWLE7PV84
Results of the Company's 14th Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held at 2:00pm on Thursday 13 February 2025
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.
The following table indicates the number of poll votes received for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 124,149,256 Ordinary shares of 25p each. The Company holds 2,879,256 Ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 121,270,000; 53% of the voting rights were cast by proxy.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 11 and 12 (having been passed as special resolutions), will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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Resolution |
In favour |
Against |
Withheld |
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1. To receive and consider the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2024. |
58,645,019 |
57,399 |
65,426 |
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2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report for the year ended 30 September 2024.
|
58,526,075 |
164,985 |
76,784 |
|
3. To Amend Article 98 in the company's Articles of Association. |
58,508,223 |
174,078 |
85,543 |
|
4. To re-elect Lisa Arnold as a Director.
|
57,457,945 |
1,218,908 |
90,991 |
|
5. To re-elect Neal Ransome as a Director.
|
57,585,214 |
1,091,639 |
90,991 |
|
6. To re-elect Jeremy Whitley as a Director.
|
57,586,835 |
1,084,930 |
96,079 |
|
7. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors.
|
58,570,791 |
106,739 |
90,314 |
|
8. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.
|
58,616,576 |
65,427 |
85,841 |
|
9. To approve the Company's Dividend Policy.
|
58,627,628 |
75,058 |
65,158 |
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10. To authorise the allotment of ordinary shares.
|
58,598,367 |
105,913 |
63,564 |
|
11. To disapply pre-emption rights.
|
58,474,848 |
194,016 |
98,980 |
|
12. To grant the Company authority to buy back its own ordinary shares.
|
58,652,187 |
68,143 |
47,514 |
Enquiries:
Tracey Lago, FCG
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc
020 7227 2700
https://www.polarcapitalglobalhealthcaretrust.co.uk/
13 February 2025
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.