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 Liquidators |
19,628,950 |
99.50% |
98,245 |
0.50% |
19,727,195 |
49.95% |
14,885 |
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 Richard Barker |
HOT@parthenon.ey.com |