Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9612I

Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC

07 December 2022

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

7 December 2022

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Wednesday, 7 December 2022

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:

Ordinary resolutions:

-  Resolution 9: to approve the dividend policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year.

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

Special resolutions:

-  Resolution 11: 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 12: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares.

-  Resolution 13: 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 27 October 2022 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com

A copy of the above 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 .

The proxy votes received in relation to each resolution were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)	Votes withheld
1 Annual report and audited financial statements	63,684,979	99.92	51,478	0.08	63,736,457	71,344
2 Directors' remuneration report	63,461,932	99.76	155,515	0.24	63,617,447	190,354
3 Re-appointment of Richard Hills	62,344,361	97.90	1,336,804	2.10	63,681,165	126,636
4 Re-appointment of Aidan Lisser	62,344,370	97.90	1,336,156	2.10	63,680,526	127,275
5 Re-appointment of Lucy Walker	62,320,305	97.87	1,358,302	2.13	63,678,607	129,194
6 Re-appointment of Jo Parfrey	62,347,534	97.91	1,333,631	2.09	63,681,165	126,636
7 Re-appointment of BDO LLP as statutory auditors	63,654,597	99.89	71,265	0.11	63,725,862	81,939
8 Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	63,671,516	99.91	54,941	0.09	63,726,457	81,344
9 Approval of the dividend payment policy	63,710,961	99.97	16,474	0.03	63,727,435	80,366
10 Authority to allot ordinary shares	63,653,226	99.91	55,614	0.09	63,708,840	98,961
11 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	63,362,960	99.54	294,833	0.46	63,657,793	150,008
12 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	63,682,925	99.92	50,725	0.08	63,733,650	74,151
13 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	63,262,184	99.29	453,448	0.71	63,715,632	92,169

* 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

The Company also announces that, as set out in the 2022 Annual Report, Simon Jeffreys retired from the board at the conclusion of today's Annual General Meeting and was succeeded as chairman of the board by Richard Hills.

For further information please contact:

Ben Lofthouse

Fund Manager

Henderson International Income Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]

Dan Howe

Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: [phone]

Harriet Hall

Investment Trust PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: [phone]

 

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