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HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800J6LLOCA3CUDF69

6 June 2018

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

Update for the Six-Month Period ended 31 March 2018

The Company released its Results for the Six-Month Period ended 31 March 2018 on 17 May 2018. A copy of the report is available to download from the Company's website: www.hendersonalternativestrategies.com.

An abridged extract from the Results for the Six-Month Period has been sent to shareholders. A copy of the abridged version, the Six-Monthly Update, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. The update is also available for download from the Company's website: www.hendersonalternativestrategies.com.

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

For further information please contact:

Matthew Purkis

For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary to Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc

Tel: 020 7818 2959

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson InvestorsTel: 020 7818 3349