Transaction in Own Shares

Henderson TR Pacific Inv. Trust PLC
18 May 2005

HENDERSON TR PACIFIC INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS



18 May 2005



                   HENDERSON TR PACIFIC INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                    Market Purchase of Company's Own Shares

Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at an Annual
General Meeting on 15 April 2005 to make market purchases of the Company's own
ordinary shares of 5p each, a market purchase of 50,000 ordinary shares in the
capital of the Company was made today at a price of 79.0p per share.

Following this purchase and cancellation there are 189,828,359 ordinary shares
in issue.

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                    For further information please contact :

Michael Watt

Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]






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