Result of AGM

Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC

10 December 2024

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

10 December 2024

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Tuesday, 10 December 2024

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.

Special Business - Special Resolution:

-    Resolution 14: to cancel the share premium account, subject to confirmation of the Court.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 30 October 2024 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	49,968,416	99.99	6,994	0.01	49,975,410	94,734
2 Directors' remuneration report	49,427,826	99.33	333,840	0.67	49,761,666	308,478
3 Re-appointment of Mai Fenton	49,693,494	99.75	123,689	0.25	49,817,183	252,961
4 Re-appointment of Richard Hills	49,651,660	99.64	180,908	0.36	49,832,568	237,576
5 Re-appointment of Aidan Lisser	49,709,031	99.78	110,065	0.22	49,819,096	251,048
6 Re-appointment of Jo Parfrey	49,707,724	99.78	111,377	0.22	49,819,101	251,043
7 Re-appointment of BDO LLP as statutory auditors	49,725,348	99.72	138,165	0.28	49,863,513	206,631
8 Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	49,851,648	99.80	99,219	0.20	49,950,867	119,277
9 Approval of the dividend payment policy	49,974,443	99.99	6,994	0.01	49,981,437	88,707
10 Authority to allot ordinary shares	49,706,805	99.65	176,123	0.35	49,882,928	187,216
11 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	49,350,130	98.93	532,165	1.07	49,882,295	187,849
12 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	49,911,622	99.89	56,832	0.11	49,968,454	101,690
13 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	49,735,216	99.51	245,991	0.49	49,981,207	88,937
14 Cancellation of the share premium account, subject to approval of the Court*	49,525,623	99.44	277,116	0.56	49,802,739	267,405

* 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

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

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: [phone]

 

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