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RNS Number : 6377Y  Henderson European Trust Plc  09 September 2025

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROPEAN TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

9 September 2025

 

HENDERSON EUROPEAN TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Results of First General Meeting

In connection with the recommended proposals for the voluntary winding-up of
the Company and combination with Fidelity European Trust PLC ("FEV"), the
Board is pleased to announce that the Resolutions proposed at the First
General Meeting held today have been approved by Shareholders.

Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of
the Resolutions, which were held on a poll, are set out below:

 Resolution                                                                       Votes for    %      Votes against  %     Total votes cast  % Issued Share Capital   Votes withheld
                                                                                  152,820,764  97.29  4,263,378      2.71  157,084,142                                175,527

 1. To approve the reclassification of the shares in the capital of the Company
 as shares with "A" rights and shares with "B" rights and to approve changes to

 the Company's articles of association.

                                                                                                                                             50.82
                                                                                  152,834,315  97.28  4,265,987      2.72  157,100,302                                159,367

 2. To further approve the Scheme; further amend the Company's articles of
 association in order to implement the Scheme; and to instruct the Liquidators

 to give effect to the Scheme.

                                                                                                                                             50.82

 

 

These results will also be published on the Company's website:
www.hendersoneuropeantrust.com (http://www.hendersoneuropeantrust.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 6.30 p.m. on 5 September 2025 (309,108,191) being the time
at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Register of Members in
order to vote at the First 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 Shares in issue at market opening on the date of this announcement
was 367,390,497. The number of Shares held in treasury was 58,282,306.
Therefore, as at market opening on the date of this announcement the number of
voting rights in the Company was 309,108,191.

The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the notice of First General
Meeting contained in the Company's circular to Shareholders dated 21 August
2025 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing at the National
Storage Mechanism which can be located
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)  and on the
Company's website at  www.hendersoneuropeantrust.com
(http://www.hendersoneuropeantrust.com) .

Cancellation of Treasury Shares

The Company also announces that it has today cancelled all the 58,282,306
Shares held in treasury. Following this cancellation, the issued share capital
of the Company comprises 309,108,191 Shares, of which none are held in
treasury. For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules, the market should use the 309,108,191 figure when determining if they
are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the
Company.

In accordance with the timetable, the Shares will be disabled for settlement
in CREST from 6:00 p.m. on 9 September 2025 and trading will be suspended
from 7.30 a.m. on 10 September 2025. Following the proposed reclassification
of the Shares at 8.00 a.m. on 25 September 2025, the Reclassified Shares are
expected to be suspended from listing at 7.30 a.m. on 26 September 2025.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the
Circular unless the context otherwise requires.

For further information please contact:

Henderson European Trust plc

Vicky Hastings

Chair of the
Board
Contact via Deutsche Numis

 

Deutsche Numis, Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser

Nathan Brown

Tel: 020 7547 0569

E: nathan.brown@db.com

Matt Goss

Tel: 020 7260 1642

E: matt.goss@db.com (mailto:matt.goss@db.com)

 

Greenbrook, PR Adviser
Alan Tovey

Teresa Berezowski

Tel. 020 7952 2000

E. HendersonEuropeanTrust@greenbrookadvisory.com
(mailto:HendersonEuropeanTrust@greenbrookadvisory.com)

 

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.

 

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