Additional Listing

Polar Capital Holdings Plc (the "Company")

12 December 2012

Additional Listing

Application has been made to AIM for the admission of 502,629 new ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the Company to trading (the "New Shares"). The New Shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing shares in issue, have been allotted pursuant to the exercise of options by employees of the Company. Admission of the New Shares is expected to become effective on 17 December 2012.

For further information please contact:

Polar Capital

Neil Taylor (Company Secretary)

+44 (0)20 7227 2700

Canaccord Genuity

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan

+44 (0)20 7523 8000

F T I Consulting

Ed Gascoigne-Pees

Jack Hickey

+44 (0)20 7269 7132