REG - Henderson Opport Tst - Result of Meeting

Henderson Opportunities TrustAnnouncement

14/03/2025 12:15

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RNS Number : 7723A  Henderson Opportunities Trust PLC  14 March 2025

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

 

HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

 

LEGAL ENTITY INDENTIFIER (LEI):  2138005D884NPGHFQS77

 

 14 March 2025

HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

Results of Second Scheme General Meeting

In connection with the proposals for the winding-up of the Company by way of a
scheme of reconstruction pursuant to Section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986
(the "Scheme") and the issue of OEIC Shares to those Shareholders who have
elected, or are deemed to have elected, to roll over their investment into
Janus Henderson UK Equity Income & Growth Fund, the Board is pleased to
announce that the Resolutions which were put forward at the Second Scheme
General Meeting held today and voted on a poll have been approved by
Shareholders. The Company expects to make a further announcement on the
results of the scheme entitlements as soon as practicable.

The poll results were as follows:

 Resolution                                                                Votes for   %       Votes against  %      Total votes cast  % Issued Share Capital   Votes withheld
 To place the Company into members' voluntary liquidation and appoint the  19,628,950  99.50%   98,245        0.50%  19,727,195        49.95%                     14,885
 Liquidators

 

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 close of business on 12 March 2025 (39,491,875), being the
time at which a Shareholder had to be registered in the Register of Members in
order to vote at the Second Scheme 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 the date of this announcement is 39,491,875.
There are no Shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this
announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 39,491,875.

The full text of the special resolution can be found in the notice of Second
General Meeting contained in the Circular.

 

Suspension and Cancellation of Reclassified Shares

The Company's Reclassified Shares were suspended from listing on the Official
List of the Financial Conduct Authority and from trading on the London Stock
Exchange at 7.00 a.m. this morning, 14 March 2025, in anticipation of the
Second General Meeting.

The Company, through its advisers, has notified the Financial Conduct
Authority and the London Stock Exchange of the Company's intention to cancel
the Company's admission of the Reclassified Shares to listing and trading as
soon as practicable after the Effective Date.

Following the appointment of the Liquidators, all further enquiries regarding
the Company should be made to the Liquidators, whose contact details are
below.

 

 For further information please contact:
 Liquidators
 Derek Neil Hyslop                         HOT@parthenon.ey.com

 Richard Barker

 

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