25 November 2011
Henderson European Focus Trust plc (The "Company")
Market Purchase by the Company of its Own Shares
Shares Bought Back to be held in Treasury
The Company announces that on 25 November 2011 it purchased 139,950 Ordinary 50p shares at a price of 494.12p per share to be held in Treasury.
The purchase represents 0.73% of the Ordinary shares in issue and is the twenty eighth purchase of Ordinary shares pursuant to a general authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 28 January 2011.
The purchase will reduce the number of Ordinary shares in issue that have full voting rights to 17,387,040.
The Company's called-up share capital will continue to be 19,204,149 Ordinary shares, of which 1,817,109 (9.46%) are held in Treasury and have no voting rights.
Total Voting Rights
The figure of 17,387,040 Ordinary shares having full voting rights should be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations as the denominator for their calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Henderson Secretarial Services Limited
Company Secretary
25 November 2011
