Polar Capital Holdings PLCLSE: POLR

Polar Capital Holdings: EBT Share Purchase

· Issued by Polar Capital Holdings PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

Polar Capital Holdings plc's Employee Benefit Trust, a trust that holds shares for staff awards, bought a total of 103,099 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence in the period from October 12, 2026 to October 16, 2026 inclusive. All were bought on October 15, 2026 at 779.5073p per share.

Key details

  • The trust is held and managed by Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited on behalf of Polar Capital.
  • The shares will be used to satisfy the future vesting of share options and shares to be issued under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plans.
  • Following these purchases and any prior vesting or other share award transactions, the trust holds 3,265,226 ordinary shares, representing 3.28% of the total ordinary share capital of the Company.

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Polar Capital Holdings PLC
19 October 2026
 

Monday, 19 October 2026

Polar Capital Holdings plc ("Polar Capital", the “Company” or the "Group")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

EBT Share Purchase

Polar Capital Holdings plc announces that in the period from 12 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 inclusive, its Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") held and managed by Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited on behalf of the Company, purchased a total of 103,099 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence in Polar Capital (“Ordinary Shares”) as set out in the table below:

Date of purchase

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Transaction price (per ordinary share)

15 October 2026

103,099

779.5073p

The purchased ordinary shares will be used to satisfy the future vesting of share options and shares to be issued under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plans.

​Following these purchases and any prior vesting or other share award transactions, the EBT holds 3,265,226 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.28% of the total ordinary share capital of the Company.

 Enquiries:

Polar Capital

Tracey Lago Group Company Secretary

+44 (0)207 227 2700

Deutsche Numis - Nomad and Joint Broker

Charles Farquhar / Duncan Monteith / Rajesh Iyer

+44 (0)20 7545 8000

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