Janus Henderson Announcement

Following approval at the recent EGM, the Henderson Opportunities Trust PLC will be rolled over into OEIC shares. The roll over into the Janus Henderson UK Equity Income & Growth Fund is effective 14th March 2025.

Contact Details

Contact details to be used from the above date can be found here

Account Information

If you are currently a holder of the Henderson Opportunities Trust PLC, we have completed a de-dupe exercise to identify matching account in Janus Henderson Investors and you will receive a separate communication confirming details of these and if any issues then please let us know before the 6th March 2025. If you have not received this communication, then you will be receiving new unitholder numbers. 

Details of your new account numbers will be communicated via email and these account numbers should be used from the 17th March 2025. 

Any accounts that have a nil balance and have no previous trading activity, Overseas registered address outside of the UK or Untraceable due to mail returned and no forwarding address provided will not be transferred to Janus Henderson Investors.

Account Set Up

If a new Janus Henderson Investors account is created for you, you will need to send in the distribution mandate form located here and the coverall form located here to the above address or via the upload.

Secure Distributor Portal

The new accounts will need to be linked to the Secure Distributor Portal in order to receive reports.  To arrange this please complete a linking form available here. 

Account numbers will be circulated approximately two weeks before live date, our deadline for the return of linking forms is 7th March 2025.

Please note, any forms received not in good order by the deadline will not have online reporting available on day 1.  Guidance on how to complete the forms can be found on the link above. 

The transaction to move your holding will show on your reporting if you have submitted your linking form.

Trading Information

Trading with SS&C will commence from 8am 17th March 2025. It’s important to ensure trades submitted from this point quote your new account number and your existing Janus Henderson agent codes. Agent codes are mandatory for Calastone and EMX trading. 

The EMX participant and product details to use from the above date and time are shown below.

EMX Participant ID: HENGI

EMX Product code: 000001 

Calastone connection details will remain the same, if you don’t have an existing connection, please refer to Calastone directly to set up connectivity. 

Fax trading from the above date and time is to be submitted to the fax number available here

Electronic re-registration and STP conversions

The Equisoft connection details to use from 17th March 2025 are,

Business Entity BIC – ALUSGB21JHI

BIC 8 – ALUSGB2L

BIC 11 – ALUSGB2LXXX

SWIFT DN –  ou=jhi,ou=atgfunds2,o=alusgb2l,o=swift

Settlement

Effective from the 17th March, the funds will be available for CREST settlement under provider ID.  If you wish to set up your new accounts on CREST please complete the onboarding form, after which details will be set up under the BAU process. 

Effective from the 17th March 2025, the funds will be available for CTN Net settlement. If you wish to set up your new accounts on CTN Net settlement please settlement please complete the onboarding form, after which details will be set up under the BAU process.

Bank Details

The bank details to use from the 17th March 2025. 

Bank: National Westminster Bank PLC

Sort Code: 60-00-01

Account Number: 39520684

Account Name: Janus Henderson Fund management UK Ltd Dealing Account