Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8821U

Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC

07 December 2021

 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

7 December 2021

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Tuesday, 7 December 2021

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:

-  Resolution 10: to approve the dividend policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year;

-  Resolution 11: to authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

-  Resolution 12: 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 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares; and

-  Resolution 14: to hold general meetings other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 26 October 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at:  www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com

The proxy results were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast	Votes withheld
1 Annual report and audited financial statements	75,329,089	100.00	1,085	0.00	75,330,174	31,064
2 Directors' remuneration report	74,850,370	99.52	364,181	0.48	75,214,551	146,687
3 Re-appointment of Simon Jeffreys	70,794,968	94.16	4,394,084	5.84	75,189,052	172,186
4 Re-appointment of Richard Hills	75,068,612	99.87	97,862	0.13	75,166,474	194,764
5 Re-appointment of Aidan Lisser	75,072,503	99.87	93,971	0.13	75,166,474	194,764
6 Re-appointment of Lucy Walker	75,070,590	99.87	95,884	0.13	75,166,474	194,764
7 Appointment of Jo Parfrey	75,059,423	99.88	86,954	0.12	75,146,377	214,861
8 Re-appointment of BDO LLP as statutory auditors	75,068,047	99.73	206,686	0.27	75,274,733	86,505
9 Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	75,211,393	99.87	96,382	0.13	75,307,775	53,463
10 Approval of the dividend payment policy	75,308,418	99.98	15,779	0.02	75,324,197	37,041
11 Authority to allot ordinary shares	75,180,393	99.92	61,962	0.08	75,242,355	118,883
12 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	74,941,149	99.63	274,678	0.37	75,215,827	145,411
13 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	75,273,490	99.96	33,021	0.04	75,306,511	54,727
14 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	74,938,516	99.52	361,001	0.48	75,299,517	61,721

* 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

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 .

For further information please contact:

Ben Lofthouse

Fund Manager

Henderson International Income Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: [phone]

 

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