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HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800J6LLOCA3CUDF69

2 October 2019

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

Portfolio update

In accordance with Listing Rule 15.6.8, the Company discloses that as at 30 September 2019 it held the following investments in other listed closed-ended investment funds which do not have a stated investment policy to invest no more than 15% of their total assets in other listed closed-ended investment funds:

Holding % of the Company's gross assets

3i Group plc 1.37

Axiom European Financial Debt Fund Ltd 1.06

The Company uses data from the Association of Investment Companies (the "AIC") to identify whether the Company's investments in other listed closed-ended investment funds do not have a stated investment policy.

For further information, please call:

Helena Harvey

For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary to Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 5919

Laura Thomas

Investment Trust PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2636