Transactions in Close Period

Henderson Opportunities Trust PLC
01 November 2007



HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

1 November 2007




                       HENDERSON OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC


            Transactions in a Close Period - Listing Rule 15.5.1 (4)


Henderson Opportunities Trust plc ('the Company') hereby confirms that:


a)         there is no unpublished information which constitutes price sensitive
information in respect of the Company's securities;


b)         the Company's net asset value per share is calculated and announced
through a Regulated Information Service ('RIS') on a daily basis;


c)         the Company has no reason to believe that there will be any material
difference between the net asset value announced on 31 October 2007 (as at close
of business on 30 October 2007) and the financial information to be published in
the preliminary announcement of its annual results for the year ended 31 October
2007;


d)         the Company has some investments that are no longer quoted, the
directors' valuations of which have been included in the net asset values
published on a daily basis; and


e)         a dividend may be declared at the end of the close period but is not
expected to be price sensitive.


The Company is therefore exempt during the close period from the provisions of
the Model Code in respect of dealings by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities, purchases of its own securities and the sale of treasury
shares for cash or transfers.  If, in the period leading up to the preliminary
announcement of the results, the directors or the Company come into possession
of any inside information, this will be notified to a RIS before any such
transactions are undertaken.

The close period to which this notification relates is in respect of the
financial year ended 31 October 2007.

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For further information, please call:


James Henderson                                      James de Sausmarez
Portfolio Manager                                    Head of Investment Trusts
Henderson Opportunities Trust plc                    Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: [phone]                             Telephone: [phone]




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