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Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC
16 September 2021
 

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

16 September 2021

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 poll and the 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

20,460,067

99.85

30,682

0.15

20,490,749

10.81

89,777

2

Directors' Remuneration Report

20,146,571

98.67

272,288

1.33

20,418,859

10.77

161,667

3

Re-election of Angus Macpherson

20,310,865

99.40

123,327

0.60

20,434,192

10.78

146,334

4

Re-election of Denise Hadgill

20,296,268

99.33

137,924

0.67

20,434,192

10.78

146,334

5

Re-election of Win Robbins

20,356,117

99.62

78,075

0.38

20,434,192

10.78

146,334

6

Re-election of Stewart Wood

20,270,825

99.32

137,924

0.68

20,408,749

10.76

171,777

7

Re-election of Ian Wright

20,310,432

99.39

123,760

0.61

20,434,192

10.78

146,334

8

Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor

20,339,630

99.41

120,310

0.59

20,459,940

10.79

120,586

9

Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration

20,392,638

99.61

80,081

0.39

20,472,719

10.80

107,807

10

Approval of the Dividend Policy

20,450,667

99.85

30,682

0.15

20,481,349

10.80

99,177

11

Adoption of Replacement Benchmark

20,272,101

99.29

145,478

0.71

20,417,579

10.77

162,947

12

Adoption of Investment Objective and Policy

20,361,781

99.57

88,901

0.43

20,450,682

10.79

129,844

13

Authority to Allot Shares

20,349,493

99.46

110,556

0.54

20,460,049

10.79

120,477

14*

Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights

20,229,458

98.87

230,591

1.13

20,460,049

10.79

120,477

152

Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares

20,346,451

99.34

134,898

0.66

20,481,349

10.80

99,177

162

Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice

20,045,248

97.87

436,101

2.13

20,481,349

10.80

99,177

172

Adoption of the New Articles of Association

19,923,327

97.57

497,167

2.43

20,420,494

10.77

160,032

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 5 July 2021 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 11.00am on 14 September 2021 (189,590,475), 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 189,590,475. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 189,590,475.

 

A copy of the poll 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:

 

Hannah Gibson

Company Secretary for and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Tel: 020 7818 2345

 

Laura Thomas

PR Manager, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2636

James de Sausmarez

Director & Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 3349

 

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