HENDERSON ASIAN GROWTH TRUST PLC
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS
9 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 1,000,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 178.00p per share.
Following this purchase and cancellation there are 157,820,008 ordinary shares in issue.
The issued share capital of the Company following this purchase is 157,820,008 ordinary shares of 5p each. The figure to be used as the denominator for calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights is 157,820,008 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: 020 7818 4314
James de Sausmarez
Head of Investment Trusts, Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 3349