Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2519Z

Henderson Far East Income Limited

21 January 2022

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED HENDERSON FAR EAST INCOME LIMITED Legal Entity Identifier:  213800801QRE00380596 21 January 2022 Henderson Far East Income Limited Annual General Meeting held on 20 January 2022 Henderson Far East Income Limited ('the Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 January 2022 all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included two special resolutions: -  Resolution 13:  to authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares; -  Resolution 14:  to authorise the directors to allot Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis.  The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 3 November 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonfareastincome.com The poll results were as follows:

Resolution	Number of votes FOR	% of votes FOR	Number of votes AGAINST	% of votes AGAINST	Total votes cast	% Issued Share Capital	Withheld
1.  To receive the annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2021	24,746,375	99.86%	35,372	0.14%	24,781,747	16.40%	56,791
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 August 2021	24,193,930	98.30%	418,343	1.70%	24,612,273	16.29%	224,015
3.  To re-elect Mr John Russell as a director	24,403,755	99.00%	245,671	1.00%	24,649,426	16.31%	189,112
4.  To re-elect Mrs Julia Chapman as a director	24,526,772	99.55%	110,037	0.45%	24,636,809	16.31%	201,729
5.  To re-elect Mr Timothy Clissold as a director	24,535,859	99.54%	113,568	0.46%	24,649,427	16.31%	189,111
6.  To re-elect Mr Nicholas George as a director	24,528,453	99.54%	113,974	0.46%	24,642,427	16.31%	196,111
7.  To re-elect Mr David Mashiter as a director	20,686,079	83.98%	3,946,347	16.02%	24,632,426	16.30%	206,112
8.  To elect Mr Ronald Gould as a director	24,513,635	99.57%	106,752	0.43%	24,620,387	16.29%	218,151
9.  To re-appoint KPMG Channel Islands Limited as the auditors	24,466,693	98.78%	301,589	1.22%	24,768,282	16.39%	70,256
10.  To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	24,678,870	99.63%	92,430	0.37%	24,771,300	16.39%	67,238
11.  To approve the Company's policy to pay four quarterly interim dividends	24,789,171	99.97%	7,825	0.03%	24,796,996	16.41%	44,067
12.  Authority to hold up to 10% of the Company's own shares in treasury	24,717,555	99.85%	37,378	0.15%	24,754,933	16.38%	86,130
13.  Authority to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares	24,692,807	99.59%	102,175	0.41%	24,794,982	16.41%	46,081
14.  Authority to allot Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis	24,388,019	98.93%	264,632	1.07%	24,652,651	16.32%	185,887

The votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at the close of business on 18 January 2022 (151,093,564), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the annual general meeting.  A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote 'for' or 'against' a resolution. Each share carries the right to one vote on a poll.  The number of ordinary shares, and voting rights, in issue at the date of this announcement is 151,093,564. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing on the Company's website at www.hendersonfareastincome.com or on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . For further information please contact:

Colleen Sutcliffe Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Corporate Secretary Tel: [phone]	James de Sausmarez Director and Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]
Harriet Hall PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

 

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