1st EGM/Separate Class Mtg
February 26 2003 - 9:05AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:0142I
Henderson Geared Inc & Gwth Tst PLC
26 February 2003
HENDERSON GEARED INCOME & GROWTH TRUST PLC
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS
26 FEBRUARY 2003
HENDERSON GEARED INCOME & GROWTH TRUST PLC (the "Company")
The Board of the Company announces that at the First Extraordinary General
Meeting of the Company held earlier today the two special resolutions, to
approve and authorise the implementation of the Scheme and to reclassify the
Shares and to make the necessary changes to the Company's articles of
association, were duly passed.
At the Separate General Meeting of Income Ordinary Shareholders of the Company
held earlier today, a resolution was duly passed to approve the special
resolutions duly passed at the First Extraordinary General Meeting, the
implementation of the Scheme and any resulting variation or abrogation of the
rights attaching to the Income Ordinary Shares.
The entitlements of the Shareholders will be determined at the Calculation Date
which is expected to be 6 March 2003. A further announcement will be made
following the Second Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled to be held on 7
March 2003.
Terms defined in the Circular dated 3 February 2003 have the same meaning when
used herein unless the context requires otherwise.
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Enquiries:
Jonathan Agnew, Chairman
Henderson Geared Income & Growth Trust plc
Telephone: 07714 243 891
Stephen Westwood
Head of Investment Trusts
Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 5517
John Korwin-Szymanowski
UBS Warburg Ltd
Telephone: 020 7568 4219
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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