Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLCLSE: HSL

Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

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Summary by 6ix AI

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc bought 67,423 of its ordinary shares of 25p each on October 6, 2026 at 953.3032p per share. It will hold them in Treasury, meaning the company keeps them itself and they carry no voting rights.

Key details

  • The purchase was made under shareholder authority granted at the annual general meeting held on October 6, 2026, which allows market purchases of up to 14.99% of the company's issued ordinary share capital.
  • After the purchase, issued ordinary share capital remains 74,385,131 ordinary shares of 25p each, of which 21,052,463 are held in Treasury.
  • Because Treasury shares have no voting rights, total voting rights are 53,332,668, the figure shareholders should use for notifications under the UK disclosure rules known as DTR 5.

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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

7 October 2026

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Market Purchase by the Company of its own Shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 6 October 2026 to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, it purchased 67,423 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company on 6 October 2026 at a price of 953.3032p per share. The purchased shares will be held in Treasury.

Following this purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital remains 74,385,131 ordinary shares of 25p each, of which 21,052,463 ordinary shares are held in Treasury. Treasury shares do not carry voting rights.

Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As Treasury shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights is 53,332,668. Shareholders should use this figure for notifications in keeping with the provisions of DTR 5.

For further information please contact:

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

E-mail: ITSecretariat@janushenderson.com

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