Purchase of Own Securities

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
20 May 2002

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

20 May 2002






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 28 September 2001 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 153p per share.


Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 136,760,999
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


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For further information please contact:


John Alexander or Andrew Stack/Stephen Westwood

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone] or 4351/020 7477 5517




or




Vicki Staveacre

Henderson Corporate Affairs

Telephone: [phone]



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