Henderson High Income Trust plc announced that a fourth interim dividend of 2.625 pence per ordinary share of 5 pence, in respect of the year ending 31 December 2023, will be paid on 26 January 2024 to holders registered at the close of business on 8 December 2023. This dividend is to be paid from the Company's revenue account. The Company's shares will go ex-dividend on 7 December 2023.

With the increase in the fourth interim dividend, the total dividend for the year to 31 December 2023 will be 10.35 pence, an increase of 2.0% on the previous year and the Company's 11th consecutive annual increase. The 10.35 pence dividend for the year to 31 December 2023 is expected, based on current projections for the revenue account, to be fully covered by earnings with a surplus carried to the revenue reserves.