Polar Capital Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7652V)
02 February 2017 - 12:22AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMPOLR
RNS Number : 7652V
Polar Capital Holdings PLC
01 February 2017
1 February 2017
Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the
"Company")
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibilities
The Company was notified on 31 January 2017 that Mr Brian
Ashford-Russell, a Non-executive Director of Polar Capital, sold
200,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") from his
personal holding at 374.75p per share. Following this transaction
Mr Ashford-Russell is interested in a total of 6,075,000 Ordinary
Shares representing approximately 6.65% 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
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b) Initial notification Initial Notification
/Amendment
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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
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b) LEI N/A
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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 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
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Identification GB00B1GCLT25
code
b) Nature of the Sale of Ordinary Shares
transaction
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c) Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s) Volume(s)
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374.75 pence 200,000
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d) Aggregated information Single transaction as in
4 c) above
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- Aggregated volume 200,000
- Price 374.75 pence
Total Amount: GBP749,500
e) Date of the transaction 31-01-2017
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM,
XLON
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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
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