HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER 213800OEXAGFSF7Y6G11
24 May 2021
HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll and the results are as follows:
| Resolution | Description | Votes for (including discretionary) | % | Votes against | % | Total votes cast | Votes cast (excluding votes withheld) as a percentage of total voting rights | Votes withheld |
| 1 | Annual Report and Financial Statements | 12,414,591 | 99.79 | 25,685 | 0.21 | 12,440,276 | 9.67 | 238,240 |
| 2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 11,959,266 | 98.23 | 215,296 | 1.77 | 12,174,562 | 9.47 | 498,954 |
| 3 | Re-appoint Richard Cranfield as a Director | 12,341,389 | 99.53 | 57,657 | 0.47 | 12,399,046 | 9.64 | 274,470 |
| 4 | Re-appoint Zoe King as a Director | 12,361,859 | 99.61 | 48,429 | 0.39 | 12,410,288 | 9.65 | 263,228 |
| 5 | Re-appoint Jeremy Rigg as a Director | 12,328,233 | 99.65 | 42,911 | 0.35 | 12,371,144 | 9.62 | 276,685 |
| 6 | Re-appoint Jonathan Silver as a Director | 12,346,172 | 99.59 | 51,226 | 0.41 | 12,397,398 | 9.64 | 276,118 |
| 7 | Appoint Penny Lovell as a Director | 12,347,834 | 99.54 | 56,744 | 0.46 | 12,404,578 | 9.65 | 268,938 |
| 8 | Re-appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor | 12,287,835 | 98.76 | 153,951 | 1.24 | 12,441,786 | 9.68 | 236,730 |
| 9 | Authority for the Directors to Determine the Auditor's Remuneration | 12,356,948 | 99.24 | 94,853 | 0.76 | 12,451,801 | 9.68 | 226,715 |
| 10 | Approval of an Increase in Overseas Exposure to 30% of Gross Assets | 12,355,950 | 99.63 | 45,598 | 0.37 | 12,401,548 | 9.64 | 276,968 |
| 11 | Approval of the Dividend Policy | 12,496,831 | 99.99 | 1,777 | 0.01 | 12,498,608 | 9.72 | 179,908 |
| 12 | Authority to Allot Shares | 12,391,218 | 99.46 | 66,728 | 0.54 | 12,457,946 | 9.69 | 220,570 |
| 13* | Authority to Dis-Apply Pre-Emption Rights | 12,229,497 | 98.68 | 163,491 | 1.32 | 12,392,988 | 9.64 | 285,528 |
| 14* | Authority to Repurchase the Company's Shares | 12,313,909 | 99.00 | 124,490 | 1.00 | 12,438,399 | 9.67 | 240,117 |
| 15* | Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 Days' Notice | 12,238,475 | 98.94 | 131,719 | 1.06 | 12,370,194 | 9.62 | 308,322 |
| 16* | Approval of the New Articles of Association | 12,192,804 | 98.79 | 149,610 | 1.21 | 12,342,414 | 9.60 | 329,421 |
* Special resolution.
The Board are pleased that all resolutions were duly passed and would like to thank shareholders for their continued support.
Jeremy Rigg will succeed Margaret Littlejohns as Chairman of the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting to shareholders dated 31 March 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersonhighincome.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 12.30pm on 20 May 2021 (128,596,278), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the 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 128,596,278. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are 128,596,278.
A copy of the poll results will be available on the Company's website shortly at: www.hendersonhighincome.com
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:
| Hannah Gibson Company Secretary for and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Tel: 020 7818 2345
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| Laura Thomas PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2636 |
| David Smith Fund Manager Henderson High Income Trust plc Telephone: 020 7818 4443 |
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