Placing of New Shares

RNS Number : 1634V

Henderson Diversified Income Ltd

23 May 2008

 



THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN, OR INTO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR TO US PERSONS. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE INCLUDING IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.

23 May 2008

Henderson Diversified Income Limited

Further to the announcement on 15 May 2008, the Board of Directors of Henderson Diversified Income Limited (the 'Company') announces that the Company has allotted 43,140,877 ordinary shares in the Company (the 'Shares') at a price of 89.05 pence per Share representing the net asset value per share in the Company as at 21 May 2008 plus 2 per cent to reflect the costs of issuing the Shares. 

Application has been made for admission of such Shares to the Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Dealings in these Shares are expected to commence on 29 May 2008. 

Following admission of these Shares there will be 83,640,877 shares in the Company in issue.

Enquiries: 

James de Sausmarez, Henderson Global Investors

[phone]

Angus Gordon Lennox, JPMorgan Cazenove

[phone]

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or to US Persons. The material set forth herein is for informational purposes only and does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities of the Company described herein have not been and will not be registered under the Unites States Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities Act'), or the laws of any state, and may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. There is no intention to register any portion of the placing in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the securities legislation of Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, unless an exemption under relevant securities laws is applicable, the securities may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly in or into Canada, Australia or Japan.

 

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