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 financial year results ending 31 May 2026 has been published or notified via a regulatory information service. Consequently, the company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities, and any future inside information will be notified before transactions are undertaken.

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Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC

19 June 2026

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

19 June 2026

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 financial year ended 31 May 2026, 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 annual 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 1818

Harriet Hall

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2919

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