Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 0250M

Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC

16 September 2021

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

16 September 2021

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	20,460,067	99.85	30,682	0.15	20,490,749	10.81	89,777
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	20,146,571	98.67	272,288	1.33	20,418,859	10.77	161,667
3	Re-election of Angus Macpherson	20,310,865	99.40	123,327	0.60	20,434,192	10.78	146,334
4	Re-election of Denise Hadgill	20,296,268	99.33	137,924	0.67	20,434,192	10.78	146,334
5	Re-election of Win Robbins	20,356,117	99.62	78,075	0.38	20,434,192	10.78	146,334
6	Re-election of Stewart Wood	20,270,825	99.32	137,924	0.68	20,408,749	10.76	171,777
7	Re-election of Ian Wright	20,310,432	99.39	123,760	0.61	20,434,192	10.78	146,334
8	Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor	20,339,630	99.41	120,310	0.59	20,459,940	10.79	120,586
9	Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration	20,392,638	99.61	80,081	0.39	20,472,719	10.80	107,807
10	Approval of the Dividend Policy	20,450,667	99.85	30,682	0.15	20,481,349	10.80	99,177
11	Adoption of Replacement Benchmark	20,272,101	99.29	145,478	0.71	20,417,579	10.77	162,947
12	Adoption of Investment Objective and Policy	20,361,781	99.57	88,901	0.43	20,450,682	10.79	129,844
13	Authority to Allot Shares	20,349,493	99.46	110,556	0.54	20,460,049	10.79	120,477
14*	Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights	20,229,458	98.87	230,591	1.13	20,460,049	10.79	120,477
152	Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares	20,346,451	99.34	134,898	0.66	20,481,349	10.80	99,177
162	Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice	20,045,248	97.87	436,101	2.13	20,481,349	10.80	99,177
172	Adoption of the New Articles of Association	19,923,327	97.57	497,167	2.43	20,420,494	10.77	160,032

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 5 July 2021 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 11.00am on 14 September 2021 (189,590,475), 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 189,590,475. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 189,590,475.

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 PR Manager, Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

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

 

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