Hend.eur.focus Regulatory News (HEFT)

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

8 December 2021

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

Share Split

Henderson European Focus Trust plc (the "Company") has today published its annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2021 which also contains details of the proposed sub-division of the Company's ordinary shares (the "Share Split").

The Company is proposing to undertake the Share Split by subdividing each ordinary share of 50 pence ("Existing Ordinary Shares") into ten new ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("New Ordinary Shares") subject to shareholder approval of the Share Split at the Company's Annual General Meeting, which will be held on Thursday, 27 January 2022 at 2.30 pm. The Share Split is intended to improve the liquidity of the Company's shares and enhance the ability of investors to make more efficient regular monthly investments on share dealing platforms.

The Share Split is also conditional on the New Ordinary Shares being admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities (together, "Admission"). Applications for Admission will be made in due course and it is expected that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8.00 am on Monday, 7 February 2022, at which time the Share Split will become effective. The last day of trading in the Existing Ordinary Shares is expected to be Friday, 4 February 2022 and the record date for the Share Split is 6.00 pm on that date (the "Record Date").

Shareholders will receive ten New Ordinary Shares in exchange for each Existing Ordinary Share held at the Record Date. CREST accounts are expected to be credited with New Ordinary Shares on Monday, 7 February 2022 and share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares are expected to be posted to shareholders no later than 21 February 2022.

The New Ordinary Shares will retain the ticker of the Existing Ordinary Shares (being HEFT) but will have a new ISIN and SEDOL as follows:

New ISIN: GB00BLSNGB01

New SEDOL: BLSNGB0

The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with each other and will be subject to the same rights and restrictions as the Existing Ordinary Shares. A holding of New Ordinary Shares following the sub-division will represent the same proportion of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as the corresponding holding of Existing Ordinary Shares.

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