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Henderson Diversified Income TrustAnnouncement

09/10/2023 17:00

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RNS Number : 4658P  Henderson Diversified Income TstPLC  09 October 2023

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800RV2228EO1JEN02

9 October 2023

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 show of hands and the proxy
voting 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                               29,546,546                           99.94  16,584         0.06  29,563,130        16.24                                      38,483
 2           Directors' Remuneration Policy                                       29,037,637                           98.53  431,862        1.47  29,469,499        16.19                                      132,114
 3           Directors' Remuneration Report                                       29,113,706                           98.69  387,564        1.31  29,501,270        16.20                                      100,343
 4           Re-election of Angus Macpherson                                      26,653,732                           90.49  2,800,696      9.51  29,454,428        16.18                                      147,185
 5           Re-election of Denise Hadgill                                        28,462,818                           97.01  875,831        2.99  29,338,649        16.11                                      262,964
 6           Re-election of Win Robbins                                           28,553,002                           97.22  817,418        2.78  29,370,420        16.13                                      231,193
 7           Re-election of Stewart Wood                                          28,556,744                           97.07  861,905        2.93  29,418,649        16.16                                      182,964
 8           Re-election of Ian Wright                                            28,618,642                           97.15  840,139        2.85  29,458,781        16.18                                      142,832
 9           Re-appointment of Mazars LLP as Auditor                              29,294,692                           99.49  149,517        0.51  29,444,209        16.17                                      157,404
 10          Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration  29,387,624                           99.60  119,164        0.40  29,506,788        16.21                                      94,825
 11          Approval of the Dividend Policy                                      29,506,828                           99.79  62,577         0.21  29,569,405        16.24                                      32,208
 12          Authority to Allot Shares                                            29,397,322                           99.56  129,399        0.44  29,526,721        16.22                                      74,892
 13          Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights(1) (2)                     29,355,377                           99.42  171,344        0.58  29,526,721        16.22                                      74,892
 14          Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares(2)                      29,521,990                           99.87  39,315         0.13  29,561,305        16.24                                      40,308
 15          Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice(2)            29,448,644                           99.64  105,677        0.36  29,554,321        16.23                                      47,292

(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 24 July 2023 which can be viewed on the Company's website
at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com
(http://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 2.30 p.m. on 5 October 2023 (182,072,717), 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
187,434,303. There are 5,361,586 shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the
date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are
182,072,717.

 

The Company announces that it has authority to repurchase a maximum of
27,292,700 of its ordinary shares (being its outstanding shareholder
authority). Such authority lasts until the next shareholder authority granted,
or where expressly revoked by shareholders.

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 proxy results will be available on the Company's website shortly
at: www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com
(http://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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Helena Harvey

 Company Secretary for and on behalf of

 Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

 Tel: 020 7818 2025

 Harriet Hall

 PR Manager

 Janus Henderson Investors

 Tel: 020 7818 2919
 Dan Howe

 Head of Investment Trusts

 Janus Henderson Investors

 Tel: 020 7818 4458

 

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