Result of AGM

Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC

09 October 2023

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

9 October 2023

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 show of hands and the proxy voting 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	29,546,546	99.94	16,584	0.06	29,563,130	16.24	38,483
2	Directors' Remuneration Policy	29,037,637	98.53	431,862	1.47	29,469,499	16.19	132,114
3	Directors' Remuneration Report	29,113,706	98.69	387,564	1.31	29,501,270	16.20	100,343
4	Re-election of Angus Macpherson	26,653,732	90.49	2,800,696	9.51	29,454,428	16.18	147,185
5	Re-election of Denise Hadgill	28,462,818	97.01	875,831	2.99	29,338,649	16.11	262,964
6	Re-election of Win Robbins	28,553,002	97.22	817,418	2.78	29,370,420	16.13	231,193
7	Re-election of Stewart Wood	28,556,744	97.07	861,905	2.93	29,418,649	16.16	182,964
8	Re-election of Ian Wright	28,618,642	97.15	840,139	2.85	29,458,781	16.18	142,832
9	Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor	29,294,692	99.49	149,517	0.51	29,444,209	16.17	157,404
10	Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration	29,387,624	99.60	119,164	0.40	29,506,788	16.21	94,825
11	Approval of the Dividend Policy	29,506,828	99.79	62,577	0.21	29,569,405	16.24	32,208
12	Authority to Allot Shares	29,397,322	99.56	129,399	0.44	29,526,721	16.22	74,892
13	Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights1 2	29,355,377	99.42	171,344	0.58	29,526,721	16.22	74,892
14	Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares2	29,521,990	99.87	39,315	0.13	29,561,305	16.24	40,308
15	Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice2	29,448,644	99.64	105,677	0.36	29,554,321	16.23	47,292

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 24 July 2023 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 5 October 2023 (182,072,717), 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 5,361,586 shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 182,072,717.

The Company announces that it has authority to repurchase a maximum of 27,292,700 of its ordinary shares (being its outstanding shareholder authority). Such authority lasts until the next shareholder authority granted, or where expressly revoked by shareholders.

The Company instructs J.P. Morgan Securities plc to act as its broker in respect of its market purchase transactions. The Company may utilise the authority to purchase shares by either a single purchase or a series of purchases when market conditions allow when they are trading at a discount to the underlying net asset value per share, with the aim of maximising the benefit to shareholders. This proposal does not indicate that the Company will purchase shares at any particular time or price, nor imply any opinion on the part of the Directors as to the market or other value of the Company's shares.  This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.

A copy of the proxy 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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