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HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 2138005D884NPGHFQS77
11 March 2021
HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC
Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 11 March 2021
Henderson Opportunities Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll and the results are as follows:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes cast as a percentage of total voting rights | Withheld | |
1 | Annual Report and audited financial statements | 1,814,884 | 99.94 | 1,040 | 0.06 | 1,815,924 | 22.99 | 7,733 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,787,100 | 99.03 | 17,463 | 0.97 | 1,804,563 | 22.85 | 19,094 |
3 | Approve a final dividend of 7.5p per share | 1,809,406 | 99.95 | 0,840 | 0.05 | 1,810,246 | 22.92 | 13,411 |
4 | Re-appoint Wendy Colquhoun as a Director | 1,692,910 | 93.95 | 108,964 | 6.05 | 1,801,874 | 22.81 | 21,783 |
5 | Re-appoint Davina Curling as a Director | 1,696,764 | 93.87 | 110,725 | 6.13 | 1,807,489 | 22.88 | 16,168 |
6 | Re-appoint Frances Daley as a Director | 1,703,283 | 94.18 | 105,298 | 5.82 | 1,808,581 | 22.90 | 15,076 |
7 | Re-appoint Chris Hills as a Director | 1,702,171 | 94.18 | 105,210 | 5.82 | 1,807,381 | 22.88 | 16,276 |
8 | Re-appoint BDO LLP as statutory auditors | 1,798,025 | 99.60 | 7,138 | 0.40 | 1,805,163 | 22.85 | 18,494 |
9 | Authorise Directors to determine the remuneration of the statutory auditor | 1,799,896 | 99.91 | 1,675 | 0.09 | 1,801,571 | 22.81 | 22,086 |
10 | Authority to allot relevant securities | 1,810,087 | 99.79 | 3,763 | 0.21 | 1,813,850 | 22.96 | 9,807 |
11* | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,773,468 | 98.98 | 18,347 | 1.02 | 1,791,815 | 22.69 | 31,842 |
12* | Authority to repurchase ordinary shares | 1,793,376 | 98.91 | 19,837 | 1.09 | 1,813,213 | 22.96 | 10,444 |
13* | 14 clear days' notice for a General Meeting | 1,807,840 | 99.59 | 7,422 | 0.41 | 1,815,262 | 22.98 | 8,395 |
14* | Updated Articles of Association | 1,479,642 | 82.03 | 324,137 | 17.97 | 1,803,779 | 22.84 | 19,878 |
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 the close of business on 9 March 2021 (7,898,375), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM. 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 8,000,858, of which 102,483 ordinary shares are held in treasury. As at the date of this announcement the Company's total voting rights therefore comprises 7,898,375 shares with one vote each.
Resolutions 11, 12, 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 will be filed at Companies House.
As announced on 10 December 2020, Peter Jones, who has served on the Board for 9 years, retired with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. Wendy Colquhoun succeeded Peter Jones as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Board's Nominations, Management Engagement and Insider Committees. Wendy Colquhoun will remain as a member of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee due to the small number of Directors on the Board.
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 poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website at:
www.hendersonopportunitiestrust.com
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.
For further information, please contact:
James Henderson Fund Manager Henderson Opportunities Trust plc Telephone: 020 7818 4370
| James de Sausmarez Director and Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: 020 7818 3349
|
Laura Foll Fund Manager Henderson Opportunities Trust plc Telephone: 020 7818 6364
| Laura Thomas Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2636 |