Purchase of Own Securities

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
27 September 2001



HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS
THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

27 September 2001





THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC




          Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares


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 100,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the
Company was made today at a price of 143p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 155,984,974
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


ENDS-


For further information please contact:


Andrew Stack/Stephen Westwood
Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: [phone] 5517


or


Vicki Staveacre
Henderson Press Office
Telephone: [phone]