Transaction in Own Shares

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

10 March 2025

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Market Purchase by the Company of its own Shares

Notification is given that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 2 October 2024 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, on 10 March 2025 a market purchase of 13,391 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 778.4935p per share and a market purchase of 5,190 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 777.0p per share were made. The purchased shares will be held in Treasury. 

Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital continues to be 74,385,131 ordinary shares of 25p each, of which 1,501,351 shares are held in Treasury and have no voting rights.

Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As Treasury shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights is 72,883,780. There are also 4,257 preference stock units in issue, which do not carry voting rights.

For further information please call:

Neil Hermon and Indriatti van Hien

Fund Managers

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

Harriet Hall

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2919