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Top Ten Equity Holdings and Exposures
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Polar Capital Global Health Tst PLC
03 March 2021
 

3rd March 2021

 

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc (the "Company")

 

Top Ten Equity Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposure as at 26th February 2021 and full portfolio listing as at 29th January 2021 is available from the company's website

 

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc is pleased to announce that as at 26th February 2021 the top ten equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:

 

Top 10 Holdings         

%

UnitedHealth Group

6.6%

Medtronic

5.1%

AstraZeneca

4.5%

Amgen

4.4%

Roche

4.4%

Bio-Rad Laboratories

4.0%

Bristol Myers Squibb

3.9%

Sanofi

3.7%

Baxter International

3.5%

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

3.1%

Total

43.3%

 

 

Sector Exposure

%

Healthcare Equipment

22.6%

Pharmaceuticals

19.4%

Biotechnology

19.3%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

11.8%

Managed Healthcare

11.2%

Healthcare Distributors

5.8%

Healthcare Facilities

5.2%

Healthcare Technology

3.1%

Healthcare Supplies

2.7%

Metal & Glass Containers

2.0%

Cash

-3.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

Geographic Exposure

%

United States

69.4%

Ireland

6.3%

United Kingdom

5.6%

Switzerland

5.6%

France

3.7%

Netherlands

2.8%

Australia

2.7%

Germany

2.1%

Japan

2.0%

Sweden

1.5%

Denmark

1.3%

Cash

-3.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

 

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 3.2%. Gearing is made up of structural debt provided by the subsidiary company PCGH ZDP plc, through the issue of zero dividend preference (ZDP) shares.

 

The ZDP asset cover as at 26th February 2021 was 9.07x.

 

 

The monthly factsheet will usually be available on the Company's website on the 10th working day after the month end and includes a commentary by the investment manager.  www.Polarcapitalhealthcaretrust.com

 

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from the hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.

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