Henderson European Focus Trust PLC Result of AGM (0290O)

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Henderson European Focus Trust PLC

26 January 2023

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

26 January 2023

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Thursday, 26 January 2023

Henderson European Focus Trust plc (the 'Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included n:

As an ordinary resolution:

-- Resolution 12: to authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

As special resolutions:

-- Resolution 13: to authorise the directors to allot or sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights;

-- Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital; and

-- Resolution 15: to hold general meetings other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 7 December 2022 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com .

The poll results were as follows:

 
 Resolutions                        Votes       %        Votes       %   Total votes   % Issued       Votes 
                                      for              against                  cast      Share    withheld 
                                                                                        Capital 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------                           ---------- 
 1 Annual Report 
  and financial 
  statements                  111,728,646     100            0    0.00   111,728,646      52.51      22,222 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 2 Directors' Remuneration 
  Report                      111,548,110   99.86      159,828    0.14   111,707,938      52.50      42,930 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 3 Approval of 
  final dividend              111,564,058   99.84      176,300    0.16   111,740,358      52.52      10,510 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 4 Approval of 
  special dividend            111,560,028   99.84      180,330    0.16   111,740,358      52.52      10,510 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 5 Re-election 
  of Mrs Vicky Hastings       110,387,519   99.18      917,860    0.82   111,305,379      52.31     445,489 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 6 Re-election 
  of Ms Eliza Dungworth       110,975,459   99.35      726,138    0.65   111,701,597      52.50      49,271 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 7 Re-election 
  of Mr Robin Archibald       110,992,110   99.34      731,888    0.66   111,723,998      52.51      26,870 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 8 Re-election 
  of Mr Stephen-Macklow 
  Smith                       110,951,721   99.32      763,377    0.68   111,715,098      52.51      35,770 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 9 Election of 
  Mr Marco Bianconi            95,423,592   85.42   16,290,406   14.58   111,713,998      52.51      36,870 
---------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 10 Re-appointment 
  of Ernst & Young 
  LLP as auditor              111,661,420   99.93       77,838    0.07    11,739,258      52.52      11,610 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 11 Directors to 
  determine the 
  auditor's remuneration      111,692,689   99.97       38,569    0.03   111,699,748      52.51      19,610 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 12 Authority to 
  allot ordinary 
  shares                      111,708,941   99.97       30,757    0.03   111,728,358      52.52      11,170 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 13 Authority to 
  disapply pre-emption 
  rights on allotment 
  or sale of ordinary 
  shares*                     111,565,353   99.88      134,395    0.12   111,729,139      52.50      51,120 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 14 Authority to 
  make market purchases 
  of ordinary shares*         111,685,599   99.96       42,759    0.04   111,728,358      52.51      22,510 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 15 Authority to 
  call a general 
  meeting on 14 
  clear days' notice*         111,097,035   99.43      632,104    0.57   111,729,139      52.51      21,729 
                             ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

* Special resolution.

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 24 January 2023 (212,768,122), 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 at the date of this announcement is 216,389,910. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one share held. The number of voting rights is therefore 212,768,122 (3,621,788 shares being held in Treasury).

The poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com .

The special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information please contact:

 
 Dan Howe                     Harriet Hall 
  Head of Investment Trusts    Investment Trust PR Manager 
  Janus Henderson Investors    Janus Henderson Investors 
  Tel: [phone]           Tel: [phone] 
 
 
 Johana Woodruff 
  For and on behalf of Janus 
  Henderson Secretarial Services 
  UK Limited 
  Henderson European Focus Trust 
  plc 
  Tel: [phone] 
 
 

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