Purchase of Own Secs- Replace

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
17 September 2001

The Issuer advises that the following text replaces the Purchase of own
Securities announcement released on 11 September 2001 at 17.21 under RNS
number 8368J. The number of shares purchased should have read 330,000 and the
remaining balance should have read 156,524,974; all other details remain as
stated.

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

17 September 2001

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

          Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares

Original text

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification
that, pursuant to the authority granted to the Company at the Annual General
Meeting on 29 September 2000 to make market purchases of the Company's own
shares, a market purchase of 300,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the
Company was made today at a price of 174p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 156,554,974
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.

Revised text

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification
that, pursuant to the authority granted to the Company at the Annual General
Meeting

on 29 September 2000 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a
market purchase of 330,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made
today at a price of 174p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 156,524,974
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


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For further information please contact:

Andrew Stack/Stephen Westwood

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone] 5517

or

Vicki Staveacre

Henderson Press Office

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