M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C.
Richard Hughes
Fund manager: Richard Hughes
ISA
Package Units: The aim is to provide both an above average and growing income with capital growth over the 20 year life of the company. Income and Growth Units*: The Income and Growth Units aim to provide a higher yield than Package Units with the prospect of growing income and capital growth. The expected winding-up date for the company is 17 March 2017.
*As of 6 April 2013, Income and Growth Units are no longer available for new investment in The M&G ISA.
Richard Hughes joined M&G in 1986 and is a UK equity income fund manager. Richard previously worked for Derbyshire County Council where he was manager of its pension fund. He graduated from Sheffield University with an honours degree in accounting and economics. He is an associate of UKSIP.
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The sixteenth Annual General Meeting of M&G High Income Investment Trust plc (the ‘Company’) will be held at Governor’s House, Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH on 11 September 2012 at 9.15am, preceded by Separate General Meetings of the holders of Zero Dividend Preference, Income and Capital Shares, which will commence at 9am.
View a copy of the Notices of Meetings (109 KB)
As at 18 July 2012, the Company had the following shares with voting rights in issue:
250,503,505 Zero Dividend Preference Shares of 1 pence each
250,503,505 Income Shares of 1 pence each
250,503,505 Capital Shares of 1 pence each
Holders of Income and Capital Shares are, on a show of hands, each entitled to one vote, and on a poll entitled to one vote for each share held, in respect of each resolution to be put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Holders of Zero Dividend Preference Shares are, on a show of hands, each entitled to one vote, and on a poll entitled to one vote for each share held, in respect of the resolution to be put to the Separate General Meeting of the holders of Zero Dividend Preference Shares.
Holders of Income Shares are, on a show of hands, each entitled to one vote, and on a poll entitled to one vote for each share held, in respect of the resolution to be put to the Separate General Meeting of the holders of Income Shares.
Holders of Capital Shares are, on a show of hands, each entitled to one vote, and on a poll entitled to one vote for each share held, in respect of the resolution to be put to the Separate General Meeting of the holders of Capital Shares.
M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C. announces that at its Separate General Meetings and Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed and the results of the voting are as follows:
Separate General Meeting of the holders of Zero Dividend Preference Shares:
| Special resolution | For | Against | Abstentions |
| To sanction renewal of the authority to buy back shares | 19,048,442 | 1,723,163 | 36,404 |
Separate General Meeting of the holders of Income Shares:
| Special resolution | For | Against | Abstentions |
| To sanction renewal of the authority to buy back shares | 3,154,941 | 134,131 | 130,844 |
Separate General Meeting of the holders of Capital Shares:
| Special resolution | For | Against | Abstentions |
| To sanction renewal of the authority to buy back shares | 4,007,898 | 67,234 | 20,958 |
Annual General Meeting:
| . | Ordinary Business | For | Against | Abstentions |
| 1. | To receive the Directors' Report and the Financial Statements | 9,537,082 | 0 | 2,284 |
| 2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 8,952,947 | 471,955 | 114,464 |
| 3. | To re-elect Mr W J Nott as a director | 9,391,522 | 124,636 | 23,208 |
| 4. | To re-elect Mr F C Carr as a director | 9,484,336 | 30,350 | 24,680 |
| 5. | To re-elect Mr G A J Murray as a director | 9,492,100 | 22,586 | 24,680 |
| 6. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration | 9,396,002 | 121,174 | 22,190 |
| . | Special Business | . | . | . |
| 8. | To renew the authority to allot relevant securities | 9,016,006 | 491,542 | 31,818 |
| 9. | To renew the authority to buy back shares | 9,492,372 | 27,850 | 19,144 |
| 10. | To consent to short notice of general meetings | 8,965,369 | 556,023 | 17,974 |