Henderson Group - Dividend rate

Dividend rate

29 August 2014

Henderson Group plc wishes to confirm that shareholders on the register at 5.00pm on 29 August 2014, the Record Date, will be entitled to an interim dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2014 of 2.60 pence per ordinary share.

For holders of CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs), the A$ or the NZ$ equivalent will be 4.612603 cents* (Australia) and 5.150015 cents* (New Zealand) per CDI respectively.

The dividend will be paid on 19 September 2014.

The timetable is as follows:

Record Date for dividend Friday 29 August

Processing recommences for requests by CDI holdersto convert CDIs into ordinary shares or by ordinaryshareholders to convert ordinary shares into CDIs Wednesday 3 September

Dividend payment date Friday 19 September

\* The exchange rates that have been applied in translating the dividend amount are as follows: £1 = A$1.774078 and £1 = NZ$1.980775.

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About Henderson

Henderson is an independent global asset manager, specialising in active investment. Named after its first client and founded in 1934, Henderson is a client-focused global business with 800 employees worldwide and assets under management of £74.7 billion (30 June 2014). Its core areas of investment expertise are European equities, global equities, global fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives.

Henderson is dual-listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and has a market capitalisation of approximately £2.7 billion (30 June 2014).

Further information can be found at www.henderson.com/group.

Forward-looking statements and other important information

This announcement contains forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results and business of Henderson Group plc. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events, and depend on circumstances, that will occur in the future. Henderson's actual future results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast.

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