Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8821U
Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC
07 December 2021
 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

 

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

 

7 December 2021

 

 

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

 

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Tuesday, 7 December 2021

 

 

Henderson International Income Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included the following resolutions:

 

-  Resolution 10: to approve the dividend policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year;

 

-  Resolution 11: to authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

 

-  Resolution 12: to authorise the directors to allot or to 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 procedures;

 

-  Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares; and

 

-  Resolution 14: 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 26 October 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at:  www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com

 

The proxy results were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)

%

Votes against

%

Total votes cast

Votes withheld

1 Annual report and audited financial statements

75,329,089

100.00

1,085

0.00

75,330,174

31,064

2 Directors' remuneration report

74,850,370

99.52

364,181

0.48

75,214,551

146,687

3 Re-appointment of Simon Jeffreys

70,794,968

94.16

4,394,084

5.84

75,189,052

172,186

4 Re-appointment of Richard Hills

75,068,612

99.87

97,862

0.13

75,166,474

194,764

5 Re-appointment of Aidan Lisser

75,072,503

99.87

93,971

0.13

75,166,474

194,764

6 Re-appointment of Lucy Walker

75,070,590

99.87

95,884

0.13

75,166,474

194,764

7 Appointment of

Jo Parfrey

75,059,423

99.88

86,954

0.12

75,146,377

214,861

8 Re-appointment of BDO LLP as statutory auditors

75,068,047

99.73

206,686

0.27

75,274,733

86,505

9 Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

75,211,393

99.87

96,382

0.13

75,307,775

53,463

10 Approval of the dividend payment policy

75,308,418

99.98

15,779

0.02

75,324,197

37,041

11 Authority to allot ordinary shares

75,180,393

99.92

61,962

0.08

75,242,355

118,883

12 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*

74,941,149

99.63

274,678

0.37

75,215,827

145,411

13 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*

75,273,490

99.96

33,021

0.04

75,306,511

54,727

14 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*

74,938,516

99.52

361,001

0.48

75,299,517

61,721

 

* Special resolution.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights in the Company at the date of this announcement is 195,978,716 (one vote for every ordinary share held).

 

A copy of the proxy results will shortly be available on the Company's website at:

www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com

 

A copy of the special business 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:

 

Ben Lofthouse

Fund Manager

Henderson International Income Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 5187

 

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 3349

 

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