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Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

26 April 2017

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc ("the Company")

Results of the 4(th) Annual General Meeting held at 12.00pm on Wednesday 26 April 2017

AGM Presentation

A presentation on the investment performance of the Company was given by Mr. Nick Brind, covering the portfolio and markets and including information on the portfolio as at 31 March 2017. A copy of this presentation will be available from the Company's website: www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.co.uk

AGM Results

All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company were passed unanimously on a show of hands.

The following table indicates the number of proxy votes lodged 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 172,175,000.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 10, 11, and 12 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 www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

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.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com.

 
Resolution                                   In favour      Against   Withheld 
                                             (including 
                                              votes at 
                                           the chairman's 
                                            discretion) 
----------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
No                                              Number of  Number of  Number of 
                                                   shares     shares     shares 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To receive the Annual 
     Report and the Financial 
     Statements for the 
     year ended 30 November 
1    2016                                      56,153,446          0      6,000 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To receive and approve 
     the Directors' remuneration 
2    policy and report                         56,149,551      9,895          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To receive and approve 
     the Directors' Remuneration 
3    Implementation Report                     56,149,551      9,895          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To re-appoint Robert 
     Kyprianou as a Director 
4    of the Company                            56,159,446          0          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To re-appoint Joanne 
     Elliott as a Director 
5    of the Company                            56,159,446          0          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To re-appoint Katrina 
     Hart as a Director 
6    of the Company                            56,153,446      6,000          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
7    LLP as auditors                           56,152,446      1,000          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To authorise the 
     Directors to determine 
8    the auditors' remuneration                56,152,446          0      1,000 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To authorise the 
     Directors to exercise 
     all powers of the 
     Company to allot 
9    shares in the Company                     56,152,446          0      1,000 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To authorise the 
     Directors to allot 
10   equity securities                         55,951,446    208,000          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To grant the Company 
     authority to make 
     market purchases 
11   of ordinary shares                        56,153,446      6,000          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------- 
    To grant the Company 
     authority to make 
     market purchases 
12   of subscription shares                    56,149,605      9,841          0 
    ------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  ---------

Enquiries:

S E Allen

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

26 April 2017

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