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HENDERSON PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

27 JUNE 2013

                 HENDERSON PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                        Annual General Meeting held on

                             Thursday 27 June 2013

Henderson Private Equity Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual
General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed,
two of which were special resolutions.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting
contained in the Annual Report and Financial Statements, copies of which are
available for viewing at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.doc.

For further information please contact:

Ian Barrass
Fund Manager
Henderson Private Equity Investment Trust plc
Tel: 020 7818 2964

James de Sausmarez
Head of Investment Trusts
Henderson Global Investors
Tel: 020 7818 3349

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