HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
1 February 2017
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc ("the Company")
Update for the Half Year Ended 30 November 2016
The Company released its Half-Year Report for the six months ended 30 November 2016 on 23 January 2017. A copy of the report is available to download from the Company's website: www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.
The abridged extract from the Half-Year Report, the Update, has been sent to shareholders. A copy of the Update has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm . The Update is also available for download from the Company's website: www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.
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) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
For further information please contact:
Rachel Peat
For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited
Corporate Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Tel. 020 7818 6125