Result of General Meeting and C Share offer

RNS Number : 3747E

Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC

05 May 2017

 

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

5 May 2017

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This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any shares in Henderson International Income Trust plc (the "Company") or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities.

Henderson International Income Trust plc (the "Company")

Result of General Meeting and C Share offer

Result of General Meeting

Henderson International Income Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at a General Meeting of the Company's shareholders held today, ordinary resolutions 1, 2 and 6 to allot C shares and ordinary shares and amend the Company's investment objective and policy and special resolutions 3, 4 and 5 to make non pre-emptive allotments of C shares and ordinary shares for cash and to make changes to the Company's Articles of Association, were all passed.  

Details of the proxy votes lodged before the general meeting, which should be read alongside the Notice contained in the Circular will be available shortly at: https://www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of General Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

A copy of the resolutions passed at the general meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Result of C Share offer

The Board of the Company also announces that the Company has received applications under the Placing, Open Offer, Offer for Subscription and Intermediaries Offer for 21,500,000 C Shares at the issue price of 100p per share. The gross proceeds of the issue will amount to £21,500,000 which, after expenses, will be available for the Company to pursue its investment objective.

The issue is conditional on admission of the C Shares to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that such admission will become effective, and dealings on the London Stock Exchange will commence, on 8 May 2017, when CREST accounts will be credited with uncertificated C Shares.

The ticker symbol for the Company's C Shares will be 'HINC' (ISIN: GB00BF2CLK52, SEDOL BF2CLK5). The terms and timing of the conversion of the C Shares into Ordinary Shares will be announced in due course.

For further information, please contact:

Ben Lofthouse

Fund  Manager, Henderson International Income Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone]

Paul Fincham/Phil Hopkins

Panmure Gordon

Telephone: [phone]

Important Information

Save for expressions defined in this announcement, words and expressions defined in the Prospectus and Circular published by the Company on 5 April 2017 shall have the same meaning in this announcement.

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited nor for providing advice in connection with the contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein. Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited is not responsible for the contents of this announcement. This does not exclude or limit any responsibilities which Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited may have under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or the regulatory regime established thereunder.

 

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