Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 2182W

Henderson Intl. Income Trust PLC

23 December 2013

 



23 December 2013

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

HENDERSON INTERNATIONAL INCOME TRUST PLC

Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 September 2013 - 30 November 2013

Henderson International Income Trust plc ('the Company') hereby states that with the exception of the information provided below no material events or transactions in respect of the Company have taken place during the period. 

C Share Issue

The Board announced on 14 November that the Company had successfully raised £21 million (£20.6 million after expenses) by an issue of C Shares.

Performance

During the period the Company's net asset value per Ordinary share total return was 6.02%. In the same period the Company's Ordinary share price total return was 5.19%. Source: FundData.

Dividends

The following dividends have been paid in respect of earnings for the period to 31 August 2013

Payment date	Record date	Ex-dividend date	Amount per Ordinary share
28 February 2013	8 February 2013	6 February 2013	1.00p
31 May 2013	10 May 2013	8 May 2013	1.00p
30 August 2013	9 August 2013	7 August 2013	1.00p
29 November 2013	15 November 2013	13 November 2013	1.05p
			Total: 4.05p

Future dividends for the financial year ending 31 August 2014 are expected to be paid on or around 31 January, 30 April, 31 July and 31 October in each year.

Post 30 November 2013

On 18 December 2013, the Company held the third AGM at which all resolutions were passed including the authority to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the issued share capital (equivalent to 7,532,932 ordinary shares as at 18 December 2013).

Related Party Transactions

Since the launch of the Company, no transactions with related parties have taken place which materially affected the financial position or performance of the Company during the period.

The Company's Manager is Henderson Global Investors Limited ('Henderson').  Henderson announces the Company's net asset value per share on a daily basis and publishes a monthly factsheet on the Company.  This and further information on the financial position and performance of the Company, including the market prices of the Company's shares, can be found on the Manager's website at www.itshenderson.com or www.hendersoninternationalincometrust.com. The market price of the Company's ordinary shares is also quoted in the Financial Times.

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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.

For further information, please contact:

Ben Lofthouse - Fund Manager Henderson International Income Trust plc Telephone: [phone]

James de Sausmarez - Head of Investment Trusts Henderson Global Investors                                   Telephone: [phone]

 

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