Hend.far East Regulatory News (HFEL)

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON FAR EAST INCOME LIMITED

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800801QRE00380596

21 January 2022

Henderson Far East Income Limited

Henderson Far East Income Limited ('the Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 January 2022 all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included two special resolutions:

- Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares;

- Resolution 14: to authorise the directors to allot Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 3 November 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonfareastincome.com

The poll results were as follows:

Resolution

Number of votes FOR

% of votes FOR

Number of votes AGAINST

% of votes AGAINST

Total votes cast

% Issued Share Capital

Withheld

1. To receive the annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2021

24,746,375

99.86%

35,372

0.14%

24,781,747

16.40%

56,791

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 August 2021

24,193,930

98.30%

418,343

1.70%

24,612,273

16.29%

224,015

3. To re-elect Mr John Russell as a director

24,403,755

99.00%

245,671

1.00%

24,649,426

16.31%

189,112

4. To re-elect Mrs Julia Chapman as a director

24,526,772

99.55%

110,037

0.45%

24,636,809

16.31%

201,729

5. To re-elect Mr Timothy Clissold as a director

24,535,859

99.54%

113,568

0.46%

24,649,427

16.31%

189,111

6. To re-elect Mr Nicholas George as a director

24,528,453

99.54%

113,974

0.46%

24,642,427

16.31%

196,111

7. To re-elect Mr David Mashiter as a director

20,686,079

83.98%

3,946,347

16.02%

24,632,426

16.30%

206,112

8. To elect Mr Ronald Gould as a director

24,513,635

99.57%

106,752

0.43%

24,620,387

16.29%

218,151

9. To re-appoint KPMG Channel Islands Limited as the auditors

24,466,693

98.78%

301,589

1.22%

24,768,282

16.39%

70,256

10. To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

24,678,870

99.63%

92,430

0.37%

24,771,300

16.39%

67,238

11. To approve the Company's policy to pay four quarterly interim dividends

24,789,171

99.97%

7,825

0.03%

24,796,996

16.41%

44,067

12. Authority to hold up to 10% of the Company's own shares in treasury

24,717,555

99.85%

37,378

0.15%

24,754,933

16.38%

86,130

13. Authority to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares

24,692,807

99.59%

102,175

0.41%

24,794,982

16.41%

46,081

14. Authority to allot Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis

24,388,019

98.93%

264,632

1.07%

24,652,651

16.32%

185,887

The votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at the close of business on 18 January 2022 (151,093,564), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the annual general meeting. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

Each share carries the right to one vote on a poll. The number of ordinary shares, and voting rights, in issue at the date of this announcement is 151,093,564.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing on the Company's website at www.hendersonfareastincome.com or on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information please contact: 

Colleen Sutcliffe

Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary

Tel: 020 7818 5919

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 3349

Harriet Hall

PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919