Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8192G

Henderson Eurotrust PLC

17 November 2022

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER:  213800DAFFNXRBWOEF12

17 November 2022

HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting held on

Thursday 17 November 2022

Henderson EuroTrust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands, three of which were special resolutions authorising:

· 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;

· the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares); and

· the Company to hold general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less 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:

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.  To receive the Company's Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2022	121,328,685	96.26	4,713,338	3.74	126,042,023	4,620
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 July 2022	125,849,685	99.86	170,808	0.14	126,020,493	26,150
3.  To approve a final dividend of 3.0 pence per share	125,988,475	100.00	4,358	0.00	125,992,833	53,810
4.  To re-elect Nicola Ralston as a Director	123,542,159	98.03	2,479,334	1.97	126,021,493	25,150
5.  To re-elect Stephen King as a Director	123,541,982	98.03	2,479,511	1.97	126,021,493	25,150
6.  To re-elect Rutger Koopmans as a Director	123,542,802	98.04	2,474,491	1.96	126,017,293	29,350
7.  To re-elect Ekaterina Thomson as a Director	123,488,492	98.03	2,479,611	1.97	125,968,103	78,540
8.  To re-appoint BDO LLP as statutory auditor to the Company	125,894,825	99.97	41,388	0.03	125,936,213	110,430
9.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the statutory auditor	125,936,713	99.99	16,620	0.01	125,953,333	93,310
10.  To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities	126,002,435	99.96	44,208	0.04	126,046,643	0
11.  To disapply pre-emption rights*	124,873,490	99.12	1,111,463	0.88	125,984,953	61,690
12.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares*	121,232,023	96.19	4,802,120	3.81	126,034,143	12,500
13.  To authorise a General Meeting, other than an AGM, be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	125,578,162	99.64	451,781	0.36	126,029,943	16,700

* special resolution

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 212,055,410, of which 200,000 shares are held in treasury. As at the date of this announcement the Company's total voting rights therefore comprises 211,855,410 shares with one vote each.

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 .

The Company instructs J.P. Morgan Securities plc to act as its broker in respect of its market purchase transactions. The Company may utilise the authority to purchase shares by either a single purchase or a series of purchases when market conditions allow when they are trading at a discount to the underlying net asset value per share, with the aim of maximising the benefit to shareholders. This proposal does not indicate that the Company will purchase shares at any particular time or price, nor imply any opinion on the part of the Directors as to the market or other value of the Company's shares.  This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.

For further information please contact:

Melanie Stoner

For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary to Henderson EuroTrust plc

Tel: [phone]

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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