Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6342Y

Henderson Asian Growth Trust plc

02 March 2012

 

HENDERSON ASIAN GROWTH TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

2 March 2012

HENDERSON ASIAN GROWTH TRUST PLC

Market Purchase of Company's Own Shares

Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at an Annual General Meeting on 11 April 2011 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares of 5p each, a market purchase of 995,546 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 180.00p per share.

Following this purchase and cancellation there are 158,820,008 ordinary shares in issue.

The issued share capital of the Company following this purchase is 158,820,008 ordinary shares of 5p each. The figure to be used as the denominator for calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights is 158,820,008 as on a poll ordinary shareholders have one vote for every 5p in nominal value.

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For further information please contact:

Andrew Beal

Henderson Asian Growth Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]

James de Sausmarez

Head of Investment Trusts, Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone]

 

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