Common Contracts

For shareholders of: Janus Emerging Markets Fund

Delaware • December 25th, 2016

• Jurisdiction
  Delaware
• Filed
  December 25th, 2016

Janus Capital Group Inc. (“Janus”) and Henderson Group plc (“Henderson”) recently entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Janus and Henderson have agreed to effect an all-stock merger of equals strategic combination of their respective businesses (the “Parent Company Transaction”). Janus is the parent company of Janus Capital Management LLC (the “Janus Adviser”), which is the investment adviser for Janus Emerging Markets Fund (the “Janus Target”), a series of Janus Investment Fund (the “Janus Trust”), and the other series of the Janus Trust (collectively, the “Janus Funds”). Janus is also the parent company of Janus Capital Singapore Pte. Limited (the “Janus Sub-adviser”), which is the investment sub-adviser for the Janus Target. Henderson is the parent company of Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc. (the “Henderson Adviser”) and Henderson Investment Management Limited (the “Henderson Sub-adviser”), which are the investment adviser and investment sub-a