Holding in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
10 August 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 AS AGENT FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

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:
53,623

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:
9 AUGUST 2000

11  Date company informed:
10 AUGUST 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
11,955,859

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.02%

14  Contact name for queries:
G S RICE

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7410 4469

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
G S RICE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
SECRETARY

17  Date of notification:
10 AUGUST 2000


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