THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS
10 July 2008
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 at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 28 September 2007 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of 10,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of 207.75p per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 80,045,770 ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.
The capital of the Company with full voting rights is now the above number of ordinary shares of 25p each. This figure may be used as the denominator for calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights.
-ENDS-
For further information please contact:
Neil Hermon
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Telephone: 020 7818 4351
James de Sausmarez
Head of Investment Trusts, Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 3349