22nd Mar 2011 10:31
Result of General Meeting
22 March 2011
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Henderson Group plc ("Henderson Group" or the "Company") announces that, at the General Meeting held earlier today for Henderson Group's shareholders to approve the proposed acquisition of Gartmore Group Limited ("Gartmore") (the "Proposed Acquisition"), the resolution proposed in connection with the Proposed Acquisition was passed by the requisite majority of Henderson Group's shareholders.
A poll was held on the resolution. The resolution was not amended or withdrawn. The full text of the resolution is contained in the Notice of General Meeting. Capitalised terms used below have the same meaning as in the Circular dated 1 March 2011.
Resolution: To approve the proposed acquisition of Gartmore Group Limited and, in connection therewith, an increase in the authorised capital of the Company and the grant of authority to directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company
For | Against | Votes Withheld* | Proxy's Discretion | Total (excluding votes withheld) | |
Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed: | 426,656,629 | 97,339 | 1,080,849 | 5,485,763 | 432,239,731 |
Total number of votes cast on the poll | 432,114,176 | 97,157 | 1,080,849 | n/a | 432,211,333 |
Note: Under the ASX Listing Rules, Henderson Group is required to disregard any votes cast by the persons (or associates of such persons) to whom the relevant ordinary shares are to be issued. The result of the poll was a vote of 99.978% in favour of the resolution. On a gross votes basis, the result of the poll would have been a vote of 99.982% in favour of the resolution.
* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law. These were not calculated in the proportion of the votes for or against the resolution.
Henderson Group plc
47 Esplanade
St Helier
Jersey JE1 0BD
Registered in Jersey
No. 101484
ABN 67 133 992 766
A copy of the resolution put to shareholders at the General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. A copy of this announcement will be available on t he Henderson Group website www.henderson.com by no later than 12 noon on 23 March 2011.
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Investor enquiries | |
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+44 (0) 20 7818 5310 | |
Media enquiries | |
Richard Acworth, Head of Corporate Communications
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United Kingdom: Maitland | Australia: Cannings |
George Trefgarne / Rebecca Mitchell | Luis Garcia |
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UBS Limited (lead financial adviser, sponsor and corporate broker to Henderson Group)John Humphrey Tel: +44 (0)20 7567 8000James RobertsonRahul Luthra
Ondra LLP (trading as Ondra Partners) (joint financial adviser to Henderson Group)Michael Tory Tel: +44 (0)20 7082 8750Stewart BennettElena Ciallie
UBS Limited is acting exclusively as lead financial adviser, sole corporate broker and sponsor to Henderson Group and no-one else in relation to the Proposed Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Henderson Group for providing the protections offered to clients of UBS nor for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement or in relation to the Proposed Acquisition.
Ondra Partners, authorised and regulated in the UK by the FSA, is acting exclusively as joint financial adviser to Henderson Group and no-one else in relation to the Proposed Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Henderson Group for providing the protections offered to clients of Ondra Partners nor for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement or in relation to the Proposed Acquisition.
Other than their responsibilities to Henderson Group, UBS Limited and Ondra Partners do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of this announcement or for any statement made or purported to be made by either of them or on their behalf in connection with the Proposed Acquisition. Each of UBS Limited and Ondra Partners accordingly disclaims all and any other liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which either of them might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or any such statement.
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This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer for or invitation to sell or purchase any securities, or any solicitation of any offer for, securities in any jurisdiction.
The contents of Henderson Group's website or of any website accessible via hyperlinks from Henderson Group's website are not incorporated into, and do not form part of, this announcement
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