JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

11 August 2022

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2022

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2022 has today been sent to shareholders, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which will be held at 11:30 am on Friday 30 September 2022 at 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AE.

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2022, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the Form of Proxy have 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 at www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.

For further information please contact:

Johana Woodruff

For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Tel. 020 7818 2220

Harriet Hall

Investment Trust PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919 

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) are incorporated into, or form part of, this announcement.