Holding(s) in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
17 July 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
shares to which voting rights are attached:

The Henderson Smaller Companies
Investment Trust plc


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                                              

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   x


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):______________


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification        
obligation:

Royal London Asset Management

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold  
is crossed or reached if different):

11/07/2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:                        

12/07/2007 (received 17/7/2007)

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:          

3%

8: Notified Details



A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of     Situation previous to the  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares            triggering transaction
                  Number of    Number of     Number of    Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
If possible use   shares       voting rights shares                               rights
ISIN code

                                                          Direct                  Direct      Indirect

GB0008910555      6,410,661    7.4581%       6.3075%      N/A                  6.3075%      N/A

B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial   Expiration date     Exercise/           No. of voting rights that Percentage of
instrument                              conversion period/  may be acquired (if the   voting rights
                                        date                instrument exercised/
                                                            converted)

N/A




Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

5,410,661                                            6.3075%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                            N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease  N/A
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold    N/A
voting rights:




13. Additional information:                            N/A


14 Contact name:                                       Zahira Muslim


15. Contact telephone name:                            020 7506 6534





For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer


Annex: Notification of major interests in shares




A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)


Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)


Phone number & email


Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)




B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name


Contact address


Phone number & email


Other useful information



(e.g. functional relationship with the person or
legal entity subject to the notification obligation)


C: Additional information





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