Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0664Z

Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC

15 September 2020

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

15 September 2020

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll and the results are as follows:

Resolution	Description	Votes for (including discretionary)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast	Votes cast (excluding votes withheld) as a percentage of total voting rights	Votes withheld
1	Annual Report and Financial Statements	21,239,806	100.00	235	0.00	21,240,041	11.10%	4,536
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	21,070,194	99.65	74,056	0.35	21,144,250	11.05%	100,327
3	Remuneration Policy	20,758,580	99.58	87,896	0.42	20,846,476	10.90%	398,101
4	Re-election of Angus Macpherson	21,147,458	99.92	17,852	0.08	21,165,310	11.06%	79,267
5	Re-election of Denise Hadgill	21,157,092	99.96	8,218	0.04	21,165,310	11.06%	79,267
6	Re-election of Win Robbins	21,154,458	99.95	10,852	0.05	21,165,310	11.06%	79,267
7	Re-election of Stewart Wood	21,144,458	99.90	20,852	0.10	21,165,310	11.06%	79,267
8	Re-election of Ian Wright	21,153,553	99.94	11,757	0.06	21,165,310	11.06%	79,267
9	Appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor	21,163,320	99.94	13,418	0.06	21,176,738	11.07%	67,839
10	Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration	21,184,073	99.92	16,289	0.08	21,200,362	11.08%	44,215
11	Approval of the Dividend Policy	21,239,806	100.00	235	0.00	21,240,041	11.10%	4,536
12*	Authority to Allot Shares	21,225,641	99.96	8,069	0.04	21,233,710	11.10%	10,867
13*	Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights	21,054,183	99.27	154,049	0.73	21,208,232	11.09%	36,345

14*	Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares	21,164,033	99.64	76,007	0.36	21,240,040	11.10%	4,536
15*	Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice	20,302,703	95.67	918,327	4.33	21,221,030	11.09%	23,547

* Special resolution.

The Board are pleased that all resolutions were duly passed and would like to thank shareholders for their continued support.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting to shareholders dated 22 July 2020 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com .

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at 11.30am on 11 September 2020 (191,318,240), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the General Meeting.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 191,318,240. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 191,318,240.

A copy of the poll results will be available on the Company's website shortly at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com .

A copy of the resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information, please contact:

Hannah Gibson Company Secretary for and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Tel: [phone]

Laura Thomas Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

James de Sausmarez Director & Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

 

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