Polar Capital Investment Trusts

Overview

The Company is a UK Investment Trust that was launched on 1 July 2013 when 153,000,000 Ordinary Shares and 30,600,000 Subscription Shares were admitted to listing on the London Stock Exchange. The Ordinary Shares were issued at 100p per share. The Subscription Shares were subject to a single exercise date being 31 July 2017. Following the conversion, the Ordinary share capital increased to 202,775,000 shares.

The Trust was initially launched with a fixed term life but in April 2020 moved to 5-yearly tender offers with no fixed end of life. The first of the regular tender offers will be on or before 30 June 2025.

Corporate Calendar

Half-Year End
31 May
Year End
30 November
Announcement of Interim Results
Mid July
Announcement of Final Results
Late Jan/Feb
Annual General Meeting
March-May

Capital Structure (as at 31 October 2024)

Ordinary shares of 5p
Total shares in issue1
331,750,000
Total voting rights2
303,319,365

1. Total shares including any non-voting treasury shares.

2. Total shares less any non-voting treasury shares. For inter-month changes to the total voting rights please see the latest ‘transaction in own shares’ or ‘issue of equity’ stock exchange announcement (select ‘Capital Structure’ from the Stock Exchange Announcements).