Henderson Far East Income Limited Result of AGM (5055M)

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Henderson Far East Income Limited

21 January 2021

 
                                     HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED 
 
                                      HENDERSON FAR EAST INCOME LIMITED 
 
                                Legal Entity Identifier: 213800801QRE00380596 
 
                                               21 January 2021 
 
                                      Henderson Far East Income Limited 
                               Annual General Meeting held on 21 January 2021 
               Henderson Far East Income Limited ('the Company') announces that at the Annual 
               General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on 
                              a poll. This included three special resolutions: 
 
                             *    Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make 
                                   market purchases of its own ordinary shares; 
 
 
 
                               *    Resolution 14: to adopt the new articles of 
                                                   association; 
 
 
 
                           *    Resolution 15: to authorise the directors to allot 
                                   Equity Securities on a non-pre-emptive basis. 
 
 
 
             The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 
       9 November 2020 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonfareastincome.com 
 
                                      The poll results were as follows: 
 
 
                                Number                   Number                                               Withheld 
                              of votes   % of votes    of votes   % of votes   Total votes         % Issued 
   Resolution                      FOR          FOR     AGAINST      AGAINST          cast    Share Capital 
 1. To receive the 
  annual report and 
  the audited financial 
  statements for the 
  year ended 31 August 
  2020                      24,992,604       99.99%       1,745        0.01%    24,994,349           17.46%     73,246 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 2. To approve the 
  Company's Remuneration 
  Policy                    24,554,245       99.15%     211,024        0.85%    24,765,269           17.30%    302,326 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 3. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report for the year 
  ended 31 August 
  2020                      24,516,127       99.06%     231,981        0.94%    24,748,108           17.29%    320,487 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 4. To re-elect Mr 
  John Russell as 
  a director                21,686,440       87.44%   3,113,861       12.56%    24,800,301           17.32%    267,293 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 5. To re-elect Mrs 
  Julia Chapman as 
  a director                24,666,221       99.29%     175,654        0.71%    24,841,875           17.35%    225,720 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 6. To re-elect Mr 
  Timothy Clissold 
  as a director             24,678,323       99.46%     133,062        0.54%    24,811,385           17.33%    256,210 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 7. To re-elect Mr 
  Nicholas George 
  as a director             24,680,058       99.47%     131,327        0.53%    24,811,385           17.33%    256,210 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 8. To re-elect Mr 
  David Mashiter as 
  a director                21,605,943       87.08%   3,205,441       12.92%    24,811,384           17.33%    256,210 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 9. To re-appoint 
  KPMG Channel Islands 
  Limited as the auditors   24,699,282       99.21%     197,359        0.79%    24,896,641           17.39%    170,954 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 10. To authorise 
  the directors to 
  determine the auditors' 
  remuneration              24,835,832       99.82%      44,426        0.18%    24,880,258           17.38%    187,337 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 11. To approve the 
  Company's policy 
  to pay four quarterly 
  interim dividends         25,003,877       99.99%       1,523        0.01%    25,005,400           17.47%     62,195 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 12. Authority to 
  hold up to 10% of 
  the Company's own 
  shares in treasury        24,934,480       99.83%      43,515        0.17%    24,977,995           17.45%     89,600 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 13. Authority to 
  make market purchases 
  of ordinary shares        24,849,802       99.44%     139,547        0.56%    24,989,349           17.45%     79,245 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 14. To approve the 
  articles of association   24,778,053       99.86%      33,611        0.14%    24,811,664           17.33%    255,931 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 15. Authority to 
  allot Equity Securities   24,680,785       99.13%     217,206        0.87%    24,897,991           17.39%    169,604 
                           -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------  --------- 
 
 
 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 19 January 2021 (143,173,564), 
  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. 
 
  Each share carries the right to one vote on a poll. The number of ordinary shares, 
  and voting rights, in issue at the date of this announcement is 143,173,564. 
 
  The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, 
  copies of which are available for viewing on the Company's website at www.hendersonfareastincome.com 
  or on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 
  . 
 
  For further information please contact: 
 
 
 Colleen Sutcliffe                         James de Sausmarez 
  Henderson Secretarial Services Limited    Director and Head of Investment Trusts 
  Corporate Secretary                       Janus Henderson Investors 
  Telephone: [phone]                  Tel: [phone] 
 Laura Thomas 
  Investment Trust PR Manager 
  Janus Henderson Investors 
  Tel: [phone] 
 

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