Holding in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
3 January 2001

                                 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

M & G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (FORMERLY PRUDENTIAL PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
LIMITED ('PPM'))

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

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC - 11,252,153

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC - 28,000

PRUDENTIAL HOLBORN PENSIONS LD - 180

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

-

6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT SPECIFIED

8) Percentage of issued class

NOT SPECIFIED

9) Class of security

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10) Date of transaction

NOT SPECIFIED

11) Date company informed

3 JANUARY 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

11,280,333


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.62%

14) Any additional information

NOTIFICATION OF NAME CHANGE REFLECTING ALSO A MINOR REDUCTION IN THE AGGREGATE
HOLDING SINCE JUNE 2000.

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
GEOFFREY RICE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Date of notification 3 JANUARY 2001