Holding in Company

Henderson High Income Trust PLC
15 February 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS OF HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

NOT STATED

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

NOT STATED

6) Percentage of issued class

NOT STATED

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

ORDINARY 5P SHARES

10) Date of transaction

NOT STATED

11) Date company informed

15 FEBRUARY 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

4,354,516 (INCLUDING 2,074,006 BY WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.28% (INCLUDING 3.94% BY WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC)

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

GEOFFREY RICE, 020 7410 4469

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
GEOFFREY RICE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Date of notification 15 FEBRUARY 2001