JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK
LIMITED
HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER:
213800DAFFNXRBWOEF12
28 June 2024
HENDERSON EUROTRUST PLC
Results of Scheme
Elections
In connection with the proposals for
the merger of interests of Henderson
EuroTrust plc (the "Company") with Henderson European Focus
Trust plc ("HEFT") to
form Henderson European Trust plc (the "Combined Trust") by means of a scheme
of reconstruction and winding up of the Company under section 110
of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the "Scheme") and the issue of New HEFT
Shares to Shareholders who are deemed to have elected to roll over
their investment into the Combined Trust, the Board announces the
following Elections in connection with the Scheme:
•
Rollover Option: 111,223,723 Shares / 52.50 per cent. of issued
Shares
•
Cash Option: 100,631,687 Shares / 47.50 per cent. of issued
Shares
In accordance with the Scheme,
eligible Shareholders that made no Election have been deemed to
have elected for the Rollover Option.
The Cash Option is limited in
aggregate to 15 per cent. of the issued Shares. Shareholders were
entitled to elect for the Cash Option in respect of more than 15
per cent. of their individual holdings of Shares (the "Basic Entitlement", such excess amount
being an "Excess
Application").
In light of the above elections, the
Basic Entitlement of all Shareholders electing for the Cash Option
will be satisfied in full and Excess Applications will be satisfied
to the extent of approximately 13.05 per cent. of each Excess
Application.
As an illustration, Shareholders
that elected in full for the Cash Option will receive approximately
26.09 per cent. of their individual holding in Shares with rights
to the Cash Option due to their Excess Application being partially
satisfied.
The Shares will be reclassified as
follows:
•
180,077,099 Shares with "A" rights, being the right to receive New
HEFT Shares; and
•
31,778,311 Shares with "B" rights, being the right to receive
cash.
Applications have been made to the
FCA and to the London Stock Exchange for the Shares to be
reclassified for listing purposes with effect from 8.00 a.m. on 3
July 2024. The listing of, and dealings in, the Company's
Reclassified Shares are subsequently expected to be suspended at
7.30 a.m. on 4 July 2024.
Defined terms used in this
announcement have the meanings given in the Company's circular to
Shareholders dated 20 May 2024 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available
for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and on the Company's website at
www.hendersoneurotrust.com.
For further information please
contact:
Henderson EuroTrust plc
Nicola Ralston
Chairman
|
Contact
via Company Secretary
020 7818
4082
|
Janus Henderson Investors, Manager
Dan Howe
Head of Investment Trusts
|
020 7818
4458
|
Oliver Packard
Head of Investment Trust
Sales
|
0207 818
2690
|
Harriet Hall
PR Director, Investment
Trusts
|
020 7818
2919
|
Deutsche Numis, Corporate Broker
Nathan Brown
Matt Goss
|
020 7260
1426
020 7260
1642
|
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents
of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website
(or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.