Results of First General Meeting

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

HENDERSON EUROPEAN TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800GS89AL1DK3IN50

9 September 2025

HENDERSON EUROPEAN TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Results of First General Meeting

In connection with the recommended proposals for the voluntary winding-up of the Company and combination with Fidelity European Trust PLC ("FEV"), the Board is pleased to announce that the Resolutions proposed at the First General Meeting held today have been approved by Shareholders.

Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the Resolutions, which were held on a poll, are set out below:

These results will also be published on the Company's website: www.hendersoneuropeantrust.com.

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at 6.30 p.m. on 5 September 2025 (309,108,191) being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Register of Members in order to vote at the First General Meeting. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a Resolution. The number of Shares in issue at market opening on the date of this announcement was 367,390,497. The number of Shares held in treasury was 58,282,306. Therefore, as at market opening on the date of this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company was 309,108,191.

The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the notice of First General Meeting contained in the Company's circular to Shareholders dated 21 August 2025 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at  www.hendersoneuropeantrust.com.

Cancellation of Treasury Shares

The Company also announces that it has today cancelled all the 58,282,306 Shares held in treasury. Following this cancellation, the issued share capital of the Company comprises 309,108,191 Shares, of which none are held in treasury. For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the market should use the 309,108,191 figure when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.

In accordance with the timetable, the Shares will be disabled for settlement in CREST from 6:00 p.m. on 9 September 2025 and trading will be suspended from 7.30 a.m. on 10 September 2025. Following the proposed reclassification of the Shares at 8.00 a.m. on 25 September 2025, the Reclassified Shares are expected to be suspended from listing at 7.30 a.m. on 26 September 2025.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the Circular unless the context otherwise requires.

For further information please contact:

Henderson European Trust plc

Vicky HastingsChair of the Board Contact via Deutsche Numis

Deutsche Numis, Corporate Broker and Financial AdviserNathan BrownTel: 020 7547 0569E: [email protected] GossTel: 020 7260 1642E: [email protected]

Greenbrook, PR Adviser Alan ToveyTeresa Berezowski

Tel. 020 7952 2000

E. [email protected]

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.