Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7651B

Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC

04 October 2022

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

4 October 2022

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) 1	Votes withheld
1	Annual Report and Financial Statements	21,301,370	99.93	9,916	0.05	21,317,336	11.65	90,549
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	20,654,881	98.73	258,594	1.24	20,919,525	11.43	488,360
3	Re-election of Angus Macpherson	19,614,221	93.55	1,345,458	6.42	20,965,729	11.46	442,156
4	Re-election of Denise Hadgill	19,615,982	93.56	1,343,697	6.41	20,965,729	11.46	442,156
5	Re-election of Win Robbins	19,680,134	93.87	1,279,545	6.10	20,965,729	11.46	442,156
6	Re-election of Stewart Wood	19,631,507	93.64	1,328,172	6.33	20,965,729	11.46	442,156
7	Re-election of Ian Wright	19,604,273	93.51	1,355,406	6.46	20,965,729	11.46	442,156
8	Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor	20,948,133	98.60	291,015	1.37	21,245,198	11.61	162,687
9	Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration	21,168,704	99.80	36,474	0.17	21,211,228	11.59	196,657
10	Approval of the Dividend Policy	21,287,452	99.93	9,916	0.05	21,303,418	11.64	104,467
11	Authority to Allot Shares	21,213,454	99.58	83,205	0.39	21,302,709	11.64	105,176
12	Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights 1	20,892,017	98.17	383,342	1.80	21,281,409	11.63	126,476
13	Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares 2	21,221,590	99.72	54,478	0.26	21,282,118	11.63	125,767
14	Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice 2	20,882,469	98.03	413,057	1.94	21,301,576	11.64	106,309

¹ as a percentage of total voting rights

² 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 15 July 2022 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 2.30 p.m. on 30 September 2022 (183,003,915), 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 187,434,303. There are 4,567,577 shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 182,866,726.

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:

Helena Harvey Company Secretary for and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Tel: [phone]

Harriet Hall PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

Dan Howe Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

 

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