JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

23 December 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 7 October 2025 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 43,684 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 859.9558p per share was made on 23 December 2025. 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 16,403,520 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 57,981,611. There are also 4,257 preference stock units in issue, which do not carry voting rights.

For further information please call:

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