Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6175Z

Henderson High Income Trust PLC

24 May 2021

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800OEXAGFSF7Y6G11

24 May 2021

HENDERSON HIGH 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) as a percentage of total voting rights	Votes withheld
1	Annual Report and Financial Statements	12,414,591	99.79	25,685	0.21	12,440,276	9.67	238,240
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	11,959,266	98.23	215,296	1.77	12,174,562	9.47	498,954
3	Re-appoint Richard Cranfield as a Director	12,341,389	99.53	57,657	0.47	12,399,046	9.64	274,470
4	Re-appoint Zoe King as a Director	12,361,859	99.61	48,429	0.39	12,410,288	9.65	263,228
5	Re-appoint Jeremy Rigg as a Director	12,328,233	99.65	42,911	0.35	12,371,144	9.62	276,685
6	Re-appoint Jonathan Silver as a Director	12,346,172	99.59	51,226	0.41	12,397,398	9.64	276,118
7	Appoint Penny Lovell as a Director	12,347,834	99.54	56,744	0.46	12,404,578	9.65	268,938
8	Re-appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor	12,287,835	98.76	153,951	1.24	12,441,786	9.68	236,730
9	Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration	12,356,948	99.24	94,853	0.76	12,451,801	9.68	226,715
10	Approval of an Increase in Overseas Exposure to 30% of Gross Assets	12,355,950	99.63	45,598	0.37	12,401,548	9.64	276,968
11	Approval of the Dividend Policy	12,496,831	99.99	1,777	0.01	12,498,608	9.72	179,908

 

12	Authority to Allot Shares	12,391,218	99.46	66,728	0.54	12,457,946	9.69	220,570
13*	Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights	12,229,497	98.68	163,491	1.32	12,392,988	9.64	285,528
14*	Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares	12,313,909	99.00	124,490	1.00	12,438,399	9.67	240,117
15*	Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice	12,238,475	98.94	131,719	1.06	12,370,194	9.62	308,322
16*	Approval of the New Articles of Association	12,192,804	98.79	149,610	1.21	12,342,414	9.60	329,421

* Special resolution.

The Board are pleased that all resolutions were duly passed and would like to thank shareholders for their continued support.

Jeremy Rigg will succeed Margaret Littlejohns as Chairman of the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting to shareholders dated 31 March 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonhighincome.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 12.30pm on 20 May 2021 (128,596,278), 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 128,596,278. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 128,596,278.

A copy of the poll results will be available on the Company's website shortly at: www.hendersonhighincome.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 Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

David Smith Fund Manager Henderson High Income Trust plc Telephone: [phone]

 

END

 

 

RAGSELFELEFSEDI