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CT UK High Income Trust PLC

21 July 2023

   To:                   RNS 
   From:              CT UK High Income Trust PLC 
   Date:               21 July 2023 
   LEI:                  213800B7D5D7RVZZPV45 

Subject: Result of Annual General Meeting

CT UK High Income Trust PLC (the 'Company') announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 July 2023, a poll was held on each of the 13 resolutions proposed and all were duly passed, including those detailed below:

-- An ordinary resolution renewing the Directors' authority to allot new Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP4,253 and new B shares of 0.1 pence each up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP1,535 being approximately 5% of the Company's total issued Ordinary shares and approximately 5% of the Company's total issued B shares respectively (excluding shares held in treasury). This authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting to be held after the passing of this resolution or on 30 September 2024, whichever is earlier, unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting.

-- A special resolution renewing the Directors' authority to allot new Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP4,253 and new B shares of 0.1 pence each up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP1,535 being 4.2% of the Company's total issued Ordinary shares and 4.8% of the Company's total issued B shares respectively (including shares held in treasury) for cash without first offering such shares to existing shareholders pro rata to their existing holdings. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting to be held after the passing of this resolution or on 30 September 2024, whichever is earlier unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting.

-- A special resolution renewing the Directors' authority to make market purchases of up to 12,752,300 Ordinary shares and 4,603,200 B shares being approximately 14.99% of the issued Ordinary shares and 14.99% of the issued B shares (excluding Ordinary shares and B shares held in treasury). This authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting or on 30 September 2024, whichever is the earlier, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting.

-- A special resolution renewing the Directors' authority to sell shares from treasury without having first to make a pro rata offer to existing shareholders limited up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP8,507 in respect of Ordinary shares and GBP3,070 in respect of B shares, representing approximately 8.3% of the Company's Ordinary share capital in issue and approximately 9.6% of the Company's B share capital in issue (including treasury shares). This authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on 30 September 2024, whichever is the earlier, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting.

The results of the poll were as follows:

 
                                     For and Discretionary         Against        Withheld          Total 
                                                                                               Votes (excluding 
                                                                                               Votes Withheld) 
      Resolution                        No of        % of      No of      % of      No of 
                                        Votes        Votes      Votes     Votes      Votes 
                                                      Cast                Cast 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Receive Annual 
       Report & Financial 
       Statements for 
       the year to 31 
 1     March 2023                      27,417,242    99.77%     64,264    0.23%      58,566          27,481,506 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Approve Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 2     Policy                          26,529,377    97.52%    675,114    2.48%     335,581          27,204,491 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Approve Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report for the 
       year to 31 March 
 3     2023                            26,483,426    97.33%    725,359    2.67%     331,287          27,208,785 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      To re-elect H 
       M Galbraith as 
 4     a Director                    26,835,174      98.46%    420,428    1.54%     284,470          27,255,602 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      To re-elect S 
       J Mitchell as 
 5     a Director                      26,828,775    98.54%    396,576    1.46%     314,721          27,225,351 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      To elect A W 
       Pottinger as 
 6     a Director                      26,757,805    98.49%    411,557    1.51%     370,710       27,169,362 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      To re-elect A 
       K Watkins as 
 7     a Director                    26,872,121      98.75%    339,651    1.25%     328,300          27,211,772 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      To re-appoint 
       Deloitte LLP 
       as Auditor and 
       authority to 
       determine its 
 8     remuneration                 26,808,976       98.18%    498,211    1.82%     232,885          27,307,187 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Approval of the 
       Company's dividend/capital 
 9     repayment policy                27,271,529    99.72%     77,801    0.28%     190,742          27,349,330 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Authorise the 
       Directors to 
 10    allot shares                  27,105,536      99.16%    229,990    0.84%     204,546          27,335,526 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Authority to 
       allot shares 
       without pre-emption 
 11    rights                          26,795,909    98.30%    462,278    1.70%     281,885       27,258,187 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Authority to 
       purchase own 
 12    shares                        26,974,724      98.79%    329,263    1.21%     236,085          27,303,987 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
      Authority to 
       sell treasury 
       shares without 
 13    pre-emption rights           26,860,354       98.64%    370,665    1.36%     309,053          27,231,019 
     ----------------------------  --------------  --------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------------ 
 

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Financial Statements of CT UK High Income Trust PLC for the year ended 31 March 2023, which was submitted to the National Storage Mechanism on 8 June 2023 and is available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website www.ctukhighincome.co.uk

At the time of the meeting the Company's issued share capital consists of 85,072,653 Ordinary shares carrying one vote each and 30,708,750 B shares carrying one vote each. The Company holds 16,994,491 Ordinary shares and 1,367,953 B shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company were 115,781,403 votes.

For further information please contact:

   Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited                  0207 628 8000 

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