Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5451N

Henderson High Income Trust PLC

09 May 2018

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800OEXAGFSF7Y6G11

9 May 2018

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting held on 9 May 2018

Henderson High Income Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed, three of which were special resolutions authorising:

-     that up to 10% of the share capital may be issued or sold out of treasury  without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures; and

-     the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% (equivalent to 19,276,582 ordinary shares as at today's date) at the maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding the higher of:

i)         105% of the average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the date of purchase;  and

ii)         the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange.

Shares repurchased will be either held in treasury or cancelled; and

-     that a general meeting may be called on not fewer than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. It is also available for download from the Company's website: www.hendersonhighincome.com

The Company also announces that from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, Andrew Bell has retired from the Board.

For further information please contact:

David Smith Fund Manager Henderson High Income Trust plc Tel: [phone]	James de Sausmarez Director and Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel:   [phone]
Sarah Gibbons-Cook Investor Relations and PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel:   [phone]

 

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