Result of AGM

Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC
09 October 2023
 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

9 October 2023

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands and the proxy voting results are as follows:

 

Resolution

Description

Votes for (including discretionary)

%

Votes against

%

Total votes cast

Votes cast (excluding votes withheld) 1

Votes withheld

1

Annual Report and Financial Statements

29,546,546

99.94

16,584

0.06

29,563,130

16.24

38,483

2

Directors' Remuneration Policy

29,037,637

98.53

431,862

1.47

29,469,499

16.19

132,114

3

Directors' Remuneration Report

29,113,706

98.69

387,564

1.31

29,501,270

16.20

100,343

4

Re-election of Angus Macpherson

26,653,732

90.49

2,800,696

9.51

29,454,428

16.18

147,185

5

Re-election of Denise Hadgill

28,462,818

97.01

875,831

2.99

29,338,649

16.11

262,964

6

Re-election of Win Robbins

28,553,002

97.22

817,418

2.78

29,370,420

16.13

231,193

7

Re-election of Stewart Wood

28,556,744

97.07

861,905

2.93

29,418,649

16.16

182,964

8

Re-election of Ian Wright

28,618,642

97.15

840,139

2.85

29,458,781

16.18

142,832

9

Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor

29,294,692

99.49

149,517

0.51

29,444,209

16.17

157,404

10

Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration

29,387,624

99.60

119,164

0.40

29,506,788

16.21

94,825

11

Approval of the Dividend Policy

29,506,828

99.79

62,577

0.21

29,569,405

16.24

32,208

12

Authority to Allot Shares

29,397,322

99.56

129,399

0.44

29,526,721

16.22

74,892

13

Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights1 2

29,355,377

99.42

171,344

0.58

29,526,721

16.22

74,892

14

Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares2

29,521,990

99.87

39,315

0.13

29,561,305

16.24

40,308

15

Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice2

29,448,644

99.64

105,677

0.36

29,554,321

16.23

47,292

1 as a percentage of total voting rights

2 special resolution.

 

The Board are pleased that all resolutions were duly passed and would like to thank shareholders for their continued support.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting to shareholders dated 24 July 2023 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com.

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at 2.30 p.m. on 5 October 2023 (182,072,717), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Register of Members in order to vote at the General Meeting.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 187,434,303. There are 5,361,586 shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 182,072,717.

 

The Company announces that it has authority to repurchase a maximum of 27,292,700 of its ordinary shares (being its outstanding shareholder authority). Such authority lasts until the next shareholder authority granted, or where expressly revoked by shareholders.

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.

A copy of the proxy results will be available on the Company's website shortly at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com.

 

A copy of the 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.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Helena Harvey

Company Secretary for and on behalf of

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Tel: 020 7818 2025

 

Harriet Hall

PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919

Dan Howe

Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 4458

 

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