Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5055M

Henderson Far East Income Limited

21 January 2021

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED HENDERSON FAR EAST INCOME LIMITED Legal Entity Identifier:  213800801QRE00380596 21 January 2021 Henderson Far East Income Limited Annual General Meeting held on 21 January 2021 Henderson Far East Income Limited ('the Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included three special resolutions: -  Resolution 13:  to authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares; -  Resolution 14:  to adopt the new articles of association; -  Resolution 15:  to authorise the directors to allot Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis.  The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 9 November 2020 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonfareastincome.com The poll results were as follows:

Resolution	Number of votes FOR	% of votes FOR	Number of votes AGAINST	% of votes AGAINST	Total votes cast	% Issued Share Capital	Withheld
1.  To receive the annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2020	24,992,604	99.99%	1,745	0.01%	24,994,349	17.46%	73,246
2.  To approve the Company's Remuneration Policy	24,554,245	99.15%	211,024	0.85%	24,765,269	17.30%	302,326
3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 August 2020	24,516,127	99.06%	231,981	0.94%	24,748,108	17.29%	320,487
4.  To re-elect Mr John Russell as a director	21,686,440	87.44%	3,113,861	12.56%	24,800,301	17.32%	267,293
5.  To re-elect Mrs Julia Chapman as a director	24,666,221	99.29%	175,654	0.71%	24,841,875	17.35%	225,720
6.  To re-elect Mr Timothy Clissold as a director	24,678,323	99.46%	133,062	0.54%	24,811,385	17.33%	256,210
7.  To re-elect Mr Nicholas George as a director	24,680,058	99.47%	131,327	0.53%	24,811,385	17.33%	256,210
8.  To re-elect Mr David Mashiter as a director	21,605,943	87.08%	3,205,441	12.92%	24,811,384	17.33%	256,210
9.  To re-appoint KPMG Channel Islands Limited as the auditors	24,699,282	99.21%	197,359	0.79%	24,896,641	17.39%	170,954
10.  To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	24,835,832	99.82%	44,426	0.18%	24,880,258	17.38%	187,337
11.  To approve the Company's policy to pay four quarterly interim dividends	25,003,877	99.99%	1,523	0.01%	25,005,400	17.47%	62,195
12.  Authority to hold up to 10% of the Company's own shares in treasury	24,934,480	99.83%	43,515	0.17%	24,977,995	17.45%	89,600
13.  Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	24,849,802	99.44%	139,547	0.56%	24,989,349	17.45%	79,245
14.  To approve the articles of association	24,778,053	99.86%	33,611	0.14%	24,811,664	17.33%	255,931
15.  Authority to allot Equity Securities	24,680,785	99.13%	217,206	0.87%	24,897,991	17.39%	169,604

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 19 January 2021 (143,173,564), 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. Each share carries the right to one vote on a poll.  The number of ordinary shares, and voting rights, in issue at the date of this announcement is 143,173,564. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing on the Company's website at www.hendersonfareastincome.com or on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . For further information please contact:

Colleen Sutcliffe Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: [phone]	James de Sausmarez Director and Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel:  [phone]
Laura Thomas Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

 

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