Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC

50p Ordinary Shares

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

P

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

Rathbone Investment Management Limited

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

12th June 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13th June 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

50p Ordinary Shares

925,292

925,292

N/A

N/A

885,292

N/A

4.98%

GB0005268858

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

885,292

4.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*

Rathbone Investment Management Limited 4.67026%

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited 0.31072%

* Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Total shares in issue used as denominator:

17,773,419

THE LATE NOTIFICATION BY HENDERSON EUROPEAN FOCUS TRUST PLC WAS CAUSED BY THE ORIGINAL TR1 NOTIFICATION NOT REACHING THE COMPANY SECRETARY AT THE TIME OF ISSUE BY RATHBONES. THE DISCREPANCY WAS NOTED AS PART OF THE YEAR END VERIFICATION PROCESS.

14. Contact name:

COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7399 0000