Result of AGM

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

27 January 2016

HENDERSON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 27 January 2016

Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, which is available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

For further information please contact:

Ian Barrass James de Sausmarez

Fund Manager Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2964 Telephone: 020 7818 3349

James de Bunsen

Fund Manager

Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 3869