Holding in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
26 October 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 GLOBAL 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 the 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

-

6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

200,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.11%

9) Class of security

ORDINARY 25p SHARES

10) Date of transaction

23 OCTOBER 2000

11) Date company informed

26 OCTOBER 2000

12) Total holding following this notification

11,726,183


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.88%

14) Any additional information

AVS NUMBER: 150994

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

GEOFFREY RICE 020 7410 4469

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 26 OCTOBER 2000