Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

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The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC has confirmed compliance with Market Abuse Regulation, stating that all inside information leading up to the announcement of its six-month results ending 30 November 2025 has been published or notified via a regulatory information service. Consequently, the company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities and will notify the market before undertaking any transactions if new inside information arises.

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Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC

29 December 2025

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

29 December 2025

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

(the "Company")

Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the directors and the Company may have, in the period leading up to the announcement of the results for the six months ended 30 November 2025, has previously been published or notified via a regulatory information service ("RIS"). Therefore, the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.

If, in the period leading up to the announcement of the half-year results, the directors of the Company come into possession of any inside information, this will be notified to an RIS before any such transactions are undertaken.

For further information, please call:

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 020 7818 2220

Harriet Hall

PR Director

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2919

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