1 Oct 2021 15:31
HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
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THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Legal Entity Identifier: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998
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1 October 2021
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THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Annual General Meeting held on Friday 1 October 2021
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The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included four special resolutions authorising:
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- the allotment of ordinary shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a nominal value of £1,867,544 (equivalent to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital at today's date);
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- market purchases of the preference stock units of the Company;
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- market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the issued ordinary share capital (equivalent to 11,197,799 ordinary shares as at today's date) at the maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding the higher of: i) 105% of the average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the date of purchase; and ii) the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange; and
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- a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting, which is available for viewing at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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The Company also announces that from the conclusion of today's Annual General Meeting, Jamie Cayzer-Colvin retired from the Board. Penny Freer succeeds Jamie as Chairman of the Board.
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For further information please contact:
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Neil Hermon
Fund Manager
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Telephone: 020 7818 4351
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Johana Woodruff
Henderson Secretarial Services Ltd
Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Telephone: 020 7818 2220
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Laura Thomas
Investment Trust PR Manager
Janus Henderson Investors
Tel: 020 7818 2636