Grant of Options under SAYE
Polar Capital Holdings plc announced the grant of 16,770 options under its 2026 Save as you Earn (SAYE) Scheme to 17 employees. Notably, Chief Executive Officer Iain Evans received an initial notification for the grant of 2,600 options on ordinary shares at a price of 700.0 pence each, as part of the company's 3-year SAYE scheme.
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Grant of options under the 2026 Save as you Earn (SAYE") Scheme and Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs)
The Company was notified on 14 August 2026, that a total of 16,770 options were granted under the 2026 SAYE to 17 eligible employee participants.
Of the 17 participants, Mr Iain Evans, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, became a participant in the Company's 3-year, 2026 Sharesave Scheme (SAYE) (the "Scheme") as follows:
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Iain Evans | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| a) | Name | Polar Capital Holdings plc | |
| b) | LEI | 549300OXX7YE1947B825 | |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each | |
| Identification code | GB00B1GCLT25 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Options over Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each by way of Grant of a Share Option under the 2026 Sharesave Scheme. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| 700.0 pence | 2,600 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information | Single transaction as in 4 c) above | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 14 08 2026 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off-Market |
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