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 50,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the market on October 20, 2026, at 955.8282 pence per share.

Key details

  • The purchased shares will be held in Treasury. Treasury shares carry no voting rights.
  • After the purchase, issued ordinary share capital remains 74,385,131 ordinary shares of 25 pence each, of which 21,467,463 are held in Treasury.
  • The total number of voting rights is 52,917,668, with one vote for every ordinary share held. Shareholders should use this figure for notifications under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5).
  • The buyback was made under authority granted by shareholders at the annual general meeting held on October 6, 2026, to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the company's issued ordinary share capital.

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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

20 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 50,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company today at a price of 955.8282p 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 21,467,463 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 52,917,668. 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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