9 Oct 2023 16:58
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
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Harriet Hall PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2919 |
Dan Howe Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 4458 |