HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

4 February 2022

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Update for the half-year ended 30 November 2021

The Company released its half-year report for the six months ended 30 November 2021 on 26 January 2022. The report is available to download from the Company's website: www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.

An abridged extract from the report, the 'Update', has been sent to shareholders. The Update has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website: www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.

For further information, please contact:

Johana Woodruff

Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 2220

Harriet Hall

PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone:  020 7818 2919

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