HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

AGM Information • Jan 27, 2022

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Henderson European Focus Trust PLC

27 January 2022

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

27 January 2022

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Thursday, 27 January 2022

Henderson European Focus Trust plc (the 'Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll. This included three special resolutions:

-    Resolution 12: to authorise the directors to allot or sell from treasury ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights;

-    Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares; and

-    Resolution 14: to hold general meetings other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 8 December 2021 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com.

The poll results were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for (including at Chair's discretion)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast	% Issued Share Capital	Votes withheld
1 Annual Report and financial statements	11,272,473	99.95	6,080	0.05	11,278,553	52.81	8,498
2 Directors' Remuneration Report	11,255,060	99.83	19,595	0.17	11,274,655	52.79	12,396
3 Approval of final dividend	11,271,744	99.95	6,080	0.05	11,277,824	52.81	9,227
4 Re-election of Mrs Victoria (Vicky) Hastings	11,128,662	98.70	146,347	1.30	11,275,009	52.79	12,042
5 Re-election of Ms Eliza Dungworth	11,122,759	98.67	149,903	1.33	11,272,662	52.78	14,389
6 Re-election of Mr Robin Archibald	11,101,590	98.47	172,301	1.53	11,273,891	52.79	13,160
7 Election of Mr Stephen Macklow-Smith	11,264,293	99.90	10,716	0.10	11,275,009	52.79	12,042
8 Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	11,261,029	99.86	16,317	0.14	11,277,346	52.81	9,705
9 Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	11,268,277	99.92	8,465	0.08	11,276,742	52.80	10,309
10 Sub-division of ordinary shares	11,251,886	99.80	21,999	0.20	11,273,885	52.79	13,166
11 Authority to allot ordinary shares	11,260,487	99.89	12,933	0.11	11,273,420	52.79	13,631
12 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	11,246,990	99.78	25,123	0.22	11,272,113	52.78	14,938
13 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	11,263,000	99.91	10,351	0.09	11,273,351	52.79	13,700
14 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	11,182,227	99.16	95,173	0.84	11,277,400	52.81	9,651

* Special resolution.

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at the close of business on 25 January 2022 (21,356,548), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the annual general meeting.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 21,638,991. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one share held.  The number of voting rights is therefore 21,356,548 (282,443 shares being held in Treasury).

The poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website at: www.hendersoneuropeanfocus.com.

The special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information please contact:

James de Sausmarez Director and Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 3349	Harriet Hall Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2919

Johana Woodruff For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited Henderson European Focus Trust plc Tel: 020 7818 2220

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