Acquisition | HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME | 19th January 2024
On 4 October 2023 the board of HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME announced that it had agreed for combination of assets of the company with HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC. Under the terms of the acquisition each shareholder of HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME would receive in respect of some or all of their shares, new shares of the acquiror and/or cash. The default option under the scheme is for shareholders of HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME to receive new HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC shares meaning that shareholders who, in respect of all or part of their holding of Shares, do not make a valid election or who do not make an election at all under the Scheme will be deemed to have elected for New HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC shares in respect of such holding. Based on the announcement made on January 16, 2024 each shareholder under the default option will receive 0.423242 new HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC shares. Trading in shares of HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME have been suspended effective 9 January 2023. The event will be completed on January 17, 2024
The treatment below will be applied to the following indices:
- HENDERSON DIVERSIFIED INCOME will be removed from the Index.
- The shares of HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC (HHI.L) will be increased according to the stock terms of the transaction.
- Effective Date (open): 19/01/2024
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