Update Statement

RNS Number : 6156F

Henderson High Income Trust PLC

17 November 2020

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800OEXAGFSF7Y6G11

17 November 2020

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

Update Statement

The Company received the following votes in respect of resolution 4: to re-elect Margaret Littlejohns as a Director at the AGM held on 23 June 2020:

RESOLUTION	FOR	AGAINST	WITHHELD	TOTAL CAST (excluding votes withheld)
To re-elect Margaret Littlejohns as a director	11,929,080	2,921,532	108,113	14,850,612
	80.3%	19.7%	-	11.6%

The Company analysed the results and identified one large shareholder that had voted against this resolution.

The Senior Independent Director subsequently wrote to this shareholder to ask for their feedback. The feedback provided made it clear that the reason for the vote against was based on the UK Code of Corporate Governance provision that the Board Chair should not also chair the Remuneration Committee.

Future steps

As a result of this feedback the Board has appointed its Senior Independent Director, Zoe King, as Chairman of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee. The terms of reference for this committee are available to view on the Company's website www.hendersonhighincome.com

For further information please contact:

Hannah Gibson, FCG
Company Secretary

For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Ltd
Corporate Secretary to Henderson High Income Trust plc
Telephone: [phone]

 

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