Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0290O

Henderson European Focus Trust PLC

26 January 2023

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

26 January 2023

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Thursday, 26 January 2023

Henderson European Focus Trust plc (the 'Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included n:

As an ordinary resolution:

§ Resolution 12: to authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

As special resolutions:

§ Resolution 13: to authorise the directors to allot or sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights;

§ Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital; and

§ Resolution 15: to hold general meetings other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 7 December 2022 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com .

The poll results were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast	% Issued Share Capital	Votes withheld
1 Annual Report and financial statements	111,728,646	100	0	0.00	111,728,646	52.51	22,222
2 Directors' Remuneration Report	111,548,110	99.86	159,828	0.14	111,707,938	52.50	42,930
3 Approval of final dividend	111,564,058	99.84	176,300	0.16	111,740,358	52.52	10,510
4 Approval of special dividend	111,560,028	99.84	180,330	0.16	111,740,358	52.52	10,510
5 Re-election of Mrs Vicky Hastings	110,387,519	99.18	917,860	0.82	111,305,379	52.31	445,489
6 Re-election of Ms Eliza Dungworth	110,975,459	99.35	726,138	0.65	111,701,597	52.50	49,271
7 Re-election of Mr Robin Archibald	110,992,110	99.34	731,888	0.66	111,723,998	52.51	26,870
8 Re-election of Mr Stephen-Macklow Smith	110,951,721	99.32	763,377	0.68	111,715,098	52.51	35,770
9 Election of Mr Marco Bianconi	95,423,592	85.42	16,290,406	14.58	111,713,998	52.51	36,870
10 Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	111,661,420	99.93	77,838	0.07	11,739,258	52.52	11,610
11 Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	111,692,689	99.97	38,569	0.03	111,699,748	52.51	19,610
12 Authority to allot ordinary shares	111,708,941	99.97	30,757	0.03	111,728,358	52.52	11,170
13 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	111,565,353	99.88	134,395	0.12	111,729,139	52.50	51,120
14 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	111,685,599	99.96	42,759	0.04	111,728,358	52.51	22,510
15 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	111,097,035	99.43	632,104	0.57	111,729,139	52.51	21,729

* Special resolution.

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 the close of business on 24 January 2023 (212,768,122), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the annual 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 216,389,910. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one share held.  The number of voting rights is therefore 212,768,122 (3,621,788 shares being held in Treasury).

The poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com .

The special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information please contact:

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

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

Johana Woodruff For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Henderson European Focus Trust plc Tel: [phone]

 

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