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Henderson High Income Trust PLC announced that all 15 resolutions were passed by shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2026. This included authorities for the Directors to allot or sell from treasury up to 10% of the share capital without pre-emption rights, and for the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of its issued ordinary share capital.
| Date | 12 May 2026 |
| Time | 16:14:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 0382E |
JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800OEXAGFSF7Y6G11
12 May 2026
HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
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The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today resolutions 1 to 15 were duly passed on a poll. This included the following special business resolutions:
As an Ordinary Resolution:
- Resolution 12: that up to 10% of the share capital may be issued or sold out of treasury without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures; and
As Special Resolutions:
- Resolution 13: to authorise the Directors to allot or to sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures; - - Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares up to 14.99% of its issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares; and
- Resolution 15: to authorise that a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
The Board is 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 Annual General Meeting in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonhighincome.com
The poll results were as follows:
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Resolutions |
Number of Votes FOR (including at Chair's discretion) |
% of votes FOR |
Number of Votes AGAINST |
% of votes AGAINST |
Total votes cast |
Votes cast (excluding votes withheld) as a percentage of total voting rights |
Number of votes withheld |
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1 To receive the Annual Report and the audited financial statements for the year ended |
20,937,128 |
99.81% |
40,395 |
0.19% |
20,977,523 |
12.37% |
44,927 |
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2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
20,067,737 |
97.64% |
484,974 |
2.36% |
20,552,711 |
12.12% |
469,739 |
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3 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended |
20,147,775 |
97.95% |
421,649 |
2.05% |
20,569,424 |
12.13% |
453,026 |
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4 To re-appoint |
20,694,718 |
99.54% |
94,761 |
0.46% |
20,789,479 |
12.26% |
232,971 |
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5 To re-appoint Richard Cranfield as a Director |
20,695,294 |
99.55% |
94,185 |
0.45% |
20,789,479 |
12.26% |
232,971 |
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6 To re-appoint Francesca Ecsery as a Director |
20,648,554 |
99.54% |
94,970 |
0.46% |
20,743,524 |
12.24% |
278,926 |
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7 To re-appoint Jonathan Silver as a Director |
20,762,997 |
99.60% |
82,503 |
0.40% |
20,845,500 |
12.30% |
176,950 |
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8 To re-appoint Preeti Rathi as a Director |
20,672,728 |
99.62% |
78,296 |
0.38% |
20,751,024 |
12.24% |
271,426 |
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9 To appoint Forvis Mazars LLP as statutory Auditor |
20,469,380 |
98.54% |
303,707 |
1.46% |
20,773,087 |
12.25% |
249,363 |
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10 To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
20,693,469 |
99.10% |
188,442 |
0.90% |
20,881,911 |
12.32% |
140,539 |
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11 To approve the Company's dividend policy |
20,952,720 |
99.73% |
57,196 |
0.27% |
21,009,916 |
12.39% |
12,534 |
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12 To give Directors authority to allot ordinary shares |
20,563,527 |
98.37% |
340,454 |
1.63% |
20,903,981 |
12.33% |
118,469 |
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13 To give Directors authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares |
20,288,641 |
97.65% |
487,239 |
2.35% |
20,775,880 |
12.26% |
246,570 |
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14 To give the Company authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company |
20,785,080 |
99.30% |
147,058 |
0.70% |
20,932,138 |
12.35% |
90,312 |
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15 To approve that a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
20,868,293 |
99.48% |
109,127 |
0.52% |
20,977,420 |
12.37% |
45,030 |
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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 the close of business on 8 May 2026, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the Annual 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 in the Company at the date of this announcement, including Treasury shares, is 172,141,700.
A copy of the poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website at:
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:
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Harriet Hall Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2919
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David Smith Fund Manager Henderson High Income Trust plc Telephone: 020 7818 4443 |