Henderson High Income Trust 1H Net Asset Value At 110.99P

29th Jul 2010 17:15

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Henderson High Income Trust PLC (HHI.LN) said Thursday its net asset value per share for the half year ended June 30 was 110.99 pence compared with 97.46 pence a year ago, and added that it declared a second unchanged interim dividend of 2.075 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Total income from investments GBP4.1 million (2009: 4.2 million) -Total gross revenue and capital loss GBP1.4 million (2009: loss GBP243,000) -Total pretax net loss before finance costs GBP2.2 million (2009: loss GBP593,000) -Total pretax net loss GBP2.2 million (2009: loss GBP802,000) -Total loss per share loss 2.63 (2009: loss 0.95 pence) -Despite the falls in net asset value total return of 1.4% and share price total return of 0.6%, company is ahead of its benchmark index, which fell 3.2% over the period, and the share price has moved to a small premium. -Shares on Thursday closed at 115.8 pence. -By Tapan Panchal, Dow Jones Newswires. Tel +44(0)207-842 9448, [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 29, 2010 12:15 ET (16:15 GMT)