M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C.M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C.

Nick EvansNick Evans

Fund manager:  Nick Evans

Products available:  ISA

Investment objective

The investment objective of M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C. is to achieve an above average and increasing income over the 20 year life of the Company while at the same time seeking to achieve growth.

 

About the fund manager

Nick joined M&G in May 2006 and is a UK equity income fund manager.

In 1982, Nick joined British Steel Pension Fund as an investment analyst. He moved to Morgan Grenfell Investment Management in 1985 and assumed responsibility for the management of the UK pension funds in 1998. The following year, Deutsche Asset Management acquired Morgan Grenfell and Nick was appointed managing director of equities at Deutsche Asset Management in 2002. In this position, Nick managed the equity component of the UK pension funds, as well as the CAF Charity Fund and the DWS Blue Chip Fund.

Nick graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, with a BA Honours in modern history.

In addition to the fund data that can be found by accessing the menu to the left of this page you may also wish to read the key features document which contains further information.

 

Important information

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting held on 21 October 2008

M&G High Income Investment Trust P.L.C. announces that at its Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today, both resolutions were duly passed and the results of the voting are as follows:

.Special Business For Against Withheld
 1.To approve the Proposals and to authorise the Directors to allot securities and disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to the Proposals. 29,304,102 560,920 248,768
 2.To authorise the Directors to allot shares other than for the purposes of the Proposals under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 and to disapply pre-emption rights under Section 89(1) of the Companies Act 1985. 28,916,442 862,652 334,696

Results of Separate General Meetings and Annual General Meeting held on 5 September 2008

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:

Seperate General meeting of the holders of Zero Dividend Preference Shares

 Special Resolution For Against Abstentions
 Renewal of authority for purchase of own shares 2,275,943 12,000 60,691

Seperate General meeting of the holders of Income Shares

 Special Resolution For Against Abstentions
 Renewal of authority for purchase of own shares 6,238,261 42,843 22,678

Seperate General meeting of the holders of Capital Shares

 Special Resolution For Against Abstentions
 Renewal of authority for purchase of own shares 2,487,838 48,742 18,029

Annual General Meeting

  Ordinary Business For Against Abstentions
 1. To receive the Directors' Report and the Financial Statements 11,207,669 0 222,882
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 10,793,527 364,418 272,606
 3. To re-elect Mr F C Carr as a Director 11,155,233 76,250 199,068
 4. To re-elect Mr D P Jane as a Director 10,986,105 229,930 214,516
 5. To re-elect Mr A E Martin Smith as a Director 11,175,795 58,250 196,506
 6.  To re-elect Mr G A J Murray as a Director  11,059,417 155,750 215,384
 7. To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration 11,163,297 113,750 153,504
  Special Business.
 8. Renewal of authority to allot relevant securities 10,799,497 424,056 206,998
 9. Renewal of authority for purchase of own shares 11,140,271 142,654 147,626
 10.  Amendments to Articles of Association  10,940,441 310,122 179,988

 

 

Issued by M&G Securities Limited and M&G Financial Services Limited which are subsidiaries of M&G Limited. M&G Limited is incorporated and registered in England. Registered Office: Laurence Pountney Hill, London, EC4R 0HH. Registered in England No. 1048359. Registered for VAT, number GB235 3237 81. Both M&G Securities Limited and M&G Financial Services Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and provide ISAs and other investments. M&G Securities Limited is registered on the FSA's register, No. 122057 (www.fsa.gov.uk/register). Registered Office Laurence Pountney Hill, London, EC4R 0HH. Registered in England No. 90776. M&G Financial Services Limited is registered on the FSA's register, No. 122058 (www.fsa.gov.uk/register). Registered Office Laurence Pountney Hill, London, EC4R 0HH. Registered in England No. 923891. Both companies are registered for VAT, number GB235 3237 81.