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Trian Fund Management LP and General Catalyst Group Management are acquiring Janus Henderson Group in a deal expected to close soon, pending final closing conditions.

Janus Henderson Group secured the regulatory approvals and client consents required to complete its previously announced take-private transaction with Trian Fund Management and its affiliated funds, and General Catalyst Group Management and its affiliated funds. The receipt of required regulatory approvals and client consents represents a significant milestone toward the completion of the transaction with Trian and General Catalyst following the earlier announced resounding shareholder approval. The take-private transaction with Trian and General Catalyst is expected to close on June 30, 2026, subject to the continued satisfaction of all closing conditions under the definitive agreement for the transaction. At the closing, pursuant to the definitive agreement for the transaction dated December 21, 2025, as amended, holders of Janus Henderson shares not already owned or controlled by Trian will be converted into a right to receive $52.00 per share in cash. Upon completion of the transaction, Janus Henderson will become a privately held company, and its ordinary shares will be delisted from the NYSE.

Janus Henderson is building a suite of AI-native tools to transform how it invests for and serves its clients, with Percepta, a General Catalyst transformation company, building the infrastructure and Anthropic's Claude serving as the AI model layer. The company is developing new AI-native tools for its investment and client teams: PRISM is a global client intelligence and engagement platform for Janus Henderson's distribution teams. Powered by Claude, it helps client-facing teams prioritize the right outreach, draw on internal and third-party data to understand what clients hold and need, and prepare personalized client communications, bringing a single, consistent tool to sales and marketing teams across regions. LIBROS is an AI-native research management tool for Janus Henderson's investment teams. Powered by Claude, it synthesizes the firm's internal research alongside external research and public market data, helping analysts and portfolio managers surface relevant signals faster and spend more of their time on judgment and investment decisions. Janus Henderson is also deploying Claude broadly across the firm, with Claude Code for its engineering teams and Cowork for employees across investment, distribution, and corporate functions, bringing AI further into everyday work. PRISM and LIBROS are being built in collaboration with Janus Henderson's technology teams and Percepta. Percepta helps large enterprises transform with AI by embedding AI engineers, researchers, and product managers directly inside an organization and leveraging the Percepta Mosaic platform to rapidly deliver agentic workflows and custom decision-making tools.