Holding in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
21 July 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
HENDERSON INVESTORS LIMITED AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
AS IN 2 ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:


5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
150,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
INSIGNIFICANT

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY 25p SHARES

10  Date of transaction:
18.07.00

11  Date company informed:
21.07.00

12  Total holding following this notification:
11,920,706

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.00%

14  Contact name for queries:
GEOFFREY RICE

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7410 4469

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES
SECRETARY TO THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

17  Date of notification:
21.07.00





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