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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800DAFFNXRBWOEF12
17 November 2022
HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC
Annual General Meeting held on
Thursday 17 November 2022
Henderson EuroTrust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands, three of which were special resolutions authorising:
· 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;
· the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares); and
· the Company to hold general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing 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. To receive the Company's Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2022 | 121,328,685 | 96.26 | 4,713,338 | 3.74 | 126,042,023 | 4,620 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 July 2022 | 125,849,685 | 99.86 | 170,808 | 0.14 | 126,020,493 | 26,150 |
3. To approve a final dividend of 3.0 pence per share | 125,988,475 | 100.00 | 4,358 | 0.00 | 125,992,833 | 53,810 |
4. To re-elect Nicola Ralston as a Director | 123,542,159 | 98.03 | 2,479,334 | 1.97 | 126,021,493 | 25,150 |
5. To re-elect Stephen King as a Director | 123,541,982 | 98.03 | 2,479,511 | 1.97 | 126,021,493 | 25,150 |
6. To re-elect Rutger Koopmans as a Director | 123,542,802 | 98.04 | 2,474,491 | 1.96 | 126,017,293 | 29,350 |
7. To re-elect Ekaterina Thomson as a Director | 123,488,492 | 98.03 | 2,479,611 | 1.97 | 125,968,103 | 78,540 |
8. To re-appoint BDO LLP as statutory auditor to the Company | 125,894,825 | 99.97 | 41,388 | 0.03 | 125,936,213 | 110,430 |
9. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the statutory auditor | 125,936,713 | 99.99 | 16,620 | 0.01 | 125,953,333 | 93,310 |
10. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 126,002,435 | 99.96 | 44,208 | 0.04 | 126,046,643 | 0 |
11. To disapply pre-emption rights* | 124,873,490 | 99.12 | 1,111,463 | 0.88 | 125,984,953 | 61,690 |
12. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares* | 121,232,023 | 96.19 | 4,802,120 | 3.81 | 126,034,143 | 12,500 |
13. To authorise a General Meeting, other than an AGM, be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 125,578,162 | 99.64 | 451,781 | 0.36 | 126,029,943 | 16,700 |
* special resolution
The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 212,055,410, of which 200,000 shares are held in treasury. As at the date of this announcement the Company's total voting rights therefore comprises 211,855,410 shares with one vote each.
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.
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.
For further information please contact:
Melanie Stoner
For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited
Corporate Secretary to Henderson EuroTrust plc
Tel: 020 7818 4082
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.