Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9612I
Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC
07 December 2022
 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

 

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138006N35XWGK2YUK38

 

7 December 2022

 

 

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

 

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Wednesday, 7 December 2022

 

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.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 27 October 2022 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

63,684,979

99.92

51,478

0.08

63,736,457

71,344

2 Directors' remuneration report

63,461,932

99.76

155,515

0.24

63,617,447

190,354

3 Re-appointment of Richard Hills

62,344,361

97.90

1,336,804

2.10

63,681,165

126,636

4 Re-appointment of Aidan Lisser

62,344,370

97.90

1,336,156

2.10

63,680,526

127,275

5 Re-appointment of Lucy Walker

62,320,305

97.87

1,358,302

2.13

63,678,607

129,194

6 Re-appointment of

Jo Parfrey

62,347,534

97.91

1,333,631

2.09

63,681,165

126,636

7 Re-appointment of BDO LLP as statutory auditors

63,654,597

99.89

71,265

0.11

63,725,862

81,939

8 Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

63,671,516

99.91

54,941

0.09

63,726,457

81,344

9 Approval of the dividend payment policy

63,710,961

99.97

16,474

0.03

63,727,435

80,366

10 Authority to allot ordinary shares

63,653,226

99.91

55,614

0.09

63,708,840

98,961

11 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*

63,362,960

99.54

294,833

0.46

63,657,793

150,008

12 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*

63,682,925

99.92

50,725

0.08

63,733,650

74,151

13 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*

63,262,184

99.29

453,448

0.71

63,715,632

92,169

 

* 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

 

The Company also announces that, as set out in the 2022 Annual Report, Simon Jeffreys retired from the board at the conclusion of today's Annual General Meeting and was succeeded as chairman of the board by Richard Hills.

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Ben Lofthouse

Fund Manager

Henderson International Income Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 5187

 

Dan Howe

Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 4458

 

Harriet Hall

Investment Trust PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2919

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