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RNS Number : 0854V

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

25 January 2017

25 January 2017

Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital" or the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company was notified on 25 January 2017 that Mr Hugh Aldous, a Non-executive Director of Polar Capital, bought 20,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") for his personal holding at 374.27p per share. Following this transaction Mr Aldous is interested in a total of 60,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.07% of the Company's issued share capital.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                        Hugh Aldous 
----  --------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 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 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                        Polar Capital Holdings plc 
----  --------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 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 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of              Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
 
       Identification              GB00B1GCLT25 
        code 
 
 b)    Nature of the               Purchase of Ordinary Shares 
        transaction 
----  --------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
----                               -------------------  ----------- 
                                    Price(s)             Volume(s) 
----                               -------------------  ----------- 
    374.2714 pence                                       20,000 
   ---------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information      Single transaction as in 
                                    4 c) above 
---- 
 
  - Aggregated volume         20,000 
 
  - Price                     374.2714 pence 
 
                               Total Amount: GBP74,854.28 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction     24-01-2017 
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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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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