Results of Placing and Offer for Subscription

RNS Number : 5201Z

Henderson Diversified Income Ltd

07 February 2014

 



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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any transferable securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus published by  Henderson Diversified Income Limited (the "Company") on 14 January 2014 (the "Prospectus") in connection with the placing and offer for subscription by the Company and the admission of its new shares (the "New Shares") to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the "Official List") and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities (the "London Stock Exchange"). A copy of the Prospectus is available at www.hendersondiversifiedincome.com and at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. This announcement is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to acquire, securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. Neither this announcement nor any part of it shall form the basis of or be relied on in connection with or act as an inducement to enter into any contract or commitment whatsoever.

7 February 2014

HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME LIMITED

Results of Placing and Offer for Subscription

The Board of Henderson Diversified Income Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that an aggregate of 23,751,762 New Shares have been issued pursuant to the Initial Issue at an Issue Price of 88.5 pence each.

The bookbuilding process for the Placing closed at 12.00 p.m. on 6 February and the Offer for Subscription closed at 5.00 p.m. on 5 February 2014. The Issue Price represents a premium of two per cent. to the cum-income Net Asset Value per Share as at 5 February 2014.

Application has been made for 23,751,762 New Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. Admission and commencement of unconditional dealings on the London Stock Exchange is expected to occur from 8.00 a.m. on 12 February 2014.

For further information please contact:

Henderson Global Investors
James de Sausmarez Director of Investment Trusts	020 7818 3349
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
William Simmonds Managing Director	020 7742 4000
BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Jersey Branch
Jeremy Hamon Company Secretary	01534 709 108

Disclaimer

This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility the Company.

The information in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The material set forth herein is for information purposes only and is not intended, and should not be construed, as an offer of securities for sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction.

This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not purchase any New Shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the Prospectus.

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer for sale of, or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy or subscribe for, New Shares to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the New Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") or under the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable State securities laws. The offer and sale of New Shares referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. Subject to certain exceptions, the New Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. There will be no public offer of the New Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa.

Each of the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities plc ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove"), Henderson Global Investors Limited ("Henderson Global Investors") and their respective affiliates expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any forward-looking statement contained in this announcement whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, which is authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and the PRA, is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Issue and Admission. J.P. Morgan Cazenove will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Issue and Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the Issue and Admission, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

In connection with the Issue and the Admission, J.P. Morgan Cazenove may purchase New Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for its own account in such New Shares and other securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the Issue and the Admission or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Prospectus to the New Shares being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing or dealing by J.P. Morgan Cazenove and any of its affiliates acting as investors for its own accounts. J.P. Morgan Cazenove does not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

The Company, J.P. Morgan Cazenove, Henderson Global Investors and their respective affiliates disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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