Holding(s) in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
09 October 2003


                                  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

SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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 A DISCRETIONARY PORTFOLIO MANAGER

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

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Nominees Limited A/C: R              
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Nominees                3,464,759
Limited a/c P                                                    3,535,241
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL) (registered or to 
be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited)             5,834,083

                                                                12,834,083

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

-

6. Percentage of issued class

-

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

115,917 SINCE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION

8. Percentage of issued class

0.1%

9. Class of security

ORDINARY 25p SHARES


10. Date of transaction

NOT STATED

11. Date company informed

8 OCTOBER 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

12,834,083

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.973%

14. Any additional information

-

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

GEOFFREY RICE, 020 7818 4469

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

G S RICE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

Date of notification

9 OCTOBER 2003


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