15 Sep 2020 12:56
HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02
15 September 2020
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 poll and the results are as follows:
Resolution | Description | Votes for (including discretionary) | % | Votes against | % | Total votes cast | Votes cast (excluding votes withheld) as a percentage of total voting rights | Votes withheld |
1 | Annual Report and Financial Statements | 21,239,806 | 100.00 | 235 | 0.00 | 21,240,041 | 11.10% | 4,536 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 21,070,194 | 99.65 | 74,056 | 0.35 | 21,144,250 | 11.05% | 100,327 |
3 | Remuneration Policy | 20,758,580 | 99.58 | 87,896 | 0.42 | 20,846,476 | 10.90% | 398,101 |
4 | Re-election of Angus Macpherson | 21,147,458 | 99.92 | 17,852 | 0.08 | 21,165,310 | 11.06% | 79,267 |
5 | Re-election of Denise Hadgill | 21,157,092 | 99.96 | 8,218 | 0.04 | 21,165,310 | 11.06% | 79,267 |
6 | Re-election of Win Robbins | 21,154,458 | 99.95 | 10,852 | 0.05 | 21,165,310 | 11.06% | 79,267 |
7 | Re-election of Stewart Wood | 21,144,458 | 99.90 | 20,852 | 0.10 | 21,165,310 | 11.06% | 79,267 |
8 | Re-election of Ian Wright | 21,153,553 | 99.94 | 11,757 | 0.06 | 21,165,310 | 11.06% | 79,267 |
9 | Appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor | 21,163,320 | 99.94 | 13,418 | 0.06 | 21,176,738 | 11.07% | 67,839 |
10 | Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration | 21,184,073 | 99.92 | 16,289 | 0.08 | 21,200,362 | 11.08% | 44,215 |
11 | Approval of the Dividend Policy | 21,239,806 | 100.00 | 235 | 0.00 | 21,240,041 | 11.10% | 4,536 |
12* | Authority to Allot Shares | 21,225,641 | 99.96 | 8,069 | 0.04 | 21,233,710 | 11.10% | 10,867 |
13* | Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights | 21,054,183 | 99.27 | 154,049 | 0.73 | 21,208,232 | 11.09% | 36,345 |
14* | Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares | 21,164,033 | 99.64 | 76,007 | 0.36 | 21,240,040 | 11.10% | 4,536 |
15* | Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice | 20,302,703 | 95.67 | 918,327 | 4.33 | 21,221,030 | 11.09% | 23,547 |
* 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 22 July 2020 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 11.30am on 11 September 2020 (191,318,240), 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 191,318,240. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 191,318,240.
A copy of the poll 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:
Hannah Gibson Company Secretary for and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Tel: 020 7818 2345
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Laura Thomas Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2636 |
James de Sausmarez Director & Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 3349 |